skyscraper

skyscraper


    Choose language
    flag-widget
    flag-widget
    flag-widget
    flag-widget
    flag-widget
    flag-widget
    flag-widget
    Synonyms and Definitions

    Use "sharpen" in a sentence

    sharpen example sentences

    sharpen


    sharpened


    sharpening


    sharpens


    1. It was the most haunting thing, like the sound a cat would make if you used her ribs to sharpen knives


    2. Once Ali faced five balls in a restrained manner, he could sharpen


    3. Alistair had managed to acquire a whetstone to sharpen the tools


    4. He wrote furiously, constantly, only pausing to sharpen his pencil


    5. “When’d you sharpen up?” Desa asked about his axes


    6. By gynmastic exercises, it was intended to harden his body, to sharpen his courage, and to prepare him for the fatigues and dangers of war ; and as the Greek militia was, by all accounts, one of the best that ever was in the world, this part of their public education must have answered completely the purpose for which it was intended


    7. I just sharpen my sword, fill my pipe and gulp down what Mott fancies each time


    8. 20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock


    9. 21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads


    10. He would sharpen his writing skills, so that when he got to college he’d have a head start

    11. change the shape of his lance head to different points and sharpen the blade as if


    12. With the backing of our emotions, the intellect can sharpen our innate talents and utilize them to our advantage


    13. When an individual’s innate talent coincides with his interest, he will easily sharpen that talent into a marketable tool


    14. 20 His severe anger shall he sharpen for a sword, and the world shall fight with him against the unwise


    15. Its more detached perspective away from the political battlefront of America seems to sharpen that publication’s frequent comments on America


    16. beginning of the 20th centuries sharpen the curiosity and enliven the interest of the visitor


    17. What you'd want to do then is determine if you can sharpen the focus of that


    18. See what I mean? Trying to sharpen the focus of your niche too


    19. "Enough lead to sharpen a pencil," Bowen cutted in


    20. me to increase the density of pixilation and sharpen up the picture in its

    21. change the shape of the blade slightly and sharpen both sides of it


    22. %ACH OF THEM COULD SEE THAT THE OTHERS HAD STARTED TO SHARPEN THEIR IMAGE EVEN JUST


    23. He lifted his voice in a thunder that carried to the farthest confines of the encampment: 'Aie, you dogs, sharpen your ears and listen! Gather around here


    24. it would be a nice afternoon treat to sharpen its fangs on


    25. It’s a game that telepathic people play, just for fun and to sharpen their own concentrations


    26. Did the Envoy (cpth) not say: “… the one of you should sharpen his knife and relax the animal to be slaughtered”?


    27. It seemed to sharpen her intellect


    28. the use of a virtual account where you can practice and sharpen you


    29. more like some twisted abattoir, where the cattle were volunteering to sharpen the knives


    30. This is a game of words and we need to sharpen our abilities to fight back with our resources and discredit Jack and his other partner, whoever he is

    31. The daily intercourse of man with man, which a city naturally produces, seems to sharpen intellect, and stimulate mental activity to an extent which dwellers in rural parishes, or other solitary places, cannot realize


    32. He that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools


    33. Listening to and giving directions helps your child to sharpen listening and speaking skills


    34. The child tried to sharpen his pencil with a sharp blade, thinking that it would be better than the pencil sharpener which its father had advised it to use


    35. "Don't forget to sharpen the blade first


    36. There is no romaji in the book so it will sharpen your reading skills


    37. Move your fingers to sharpen the next part of the blade


    38. To sharpen using the Shiageto whet stone, hold the handle of the


    39. She would sharpen sticks at both ends, drive them into the bottom of these holes, and cover them with dead leaves


    40. These included three 16 pound stone sledges, several Cleveland model tackle blocks with long lengths of stout rope, three Disston's type cross cut saws for two man tree cutting, four stone picks of seven pounds each, two toothed stone mason's hammers of ten pounds each, six pointed quarry picks, various steel wedges, a large stone cutter's saw called a Frig Bob, a smaller starting saw called a Razzor, a triangular file to sharpen saw teeth, two drill braces, a pedal operated grinding stone of 60 pounds for sharpening of the other tools, and an assortment of small hand tools

    41. She could imbue melee weapons with tiny bits of earth that made them more jagged, or she could sharpen blades to help them penetrate armor


    42. do when they have nothing else to do: Sharpen their blades


    43. Whet: To sharpen; to rub for the purpose of sharpening, as an edged tool


    44. other conditions has affected it, you can sharpen your memory with the proper knowledge


    45. experiences with, can sharpen you memory


    46. remainder of the turn is to sharpen your soft minds


    47. After the shock, they needed to regroup to sharpen their


    48. Suffering and pain also sharpen our awareness of happiness


    49. I am sorry to say this variety does not come out so well in the reproduction on page 194 [Transcribers Note: Plate XLIV] as I could have wished, the half-tone process having a tendency to sharpen edges rather monotonously


    50. Having a backup writing utensil can help you continue your test without being distracted by having to sharpen a pencil or refill a pen


























    1. sharpened into spears awaited them at the bottom of the short pit


    2. They had then cut off all branches between two and three inches thick, sharpened both ends and dug in a forest of spikes around the walls and the gate


    3. The second wave tripped over the fallen first wave and, as they crawled forward they too became victims of the deadly sharpened steel traps


    4. All those years in the Dead Worlds, she had been honing her skills – a blade being sharpened to a razors edge


    5. The silver in her eyes was almost blinding and her face had sharpened


    6. Blackness permeated my eyesight, but my other senses sharpened


    7. Father said the advantage of iron was that it could be sharpened anew once dull, whereas bronze had to be melted down and then recast


    8. But with no water in the immediate vicinity and nowhere left to hide, a fractured beam and all of its sharpened splinters was the only plausible approach left


    9. He smiled as small children scampered about the greenery, pestering the cows and horses while adults chopped wood and sharpened weapons


    10. For his headache had only since sharpened and his temper only worsened

    11. It appeared to be made of sharpened bone


    12. After you resolved that, as a good Jewish man, you should put me away?” My voice cut him and I sharpened it more


    13. His eyes sharpened, and he cocked his head as if listening


    14. The intensity of her look sharpened to a glare as she cut him short


    15. Travel bags were packed and weapons were sharpened on stones and checked into their carrying devices


    16. Now, her focus sharpened


    17. Galeron’s eyes sharpened on her own


    18. "Fixed what?" I growled around a mouthful of fingers, busily trying to extract the pessary with a sharpened matchstick


    19. When Conal heard the name Lexi, his interest sharpened


    20. The trench was filled with sharpened pikes made from wood

    21. Perched always on the knife-edge of extinction, he sharpened his tools of survival throughout that crisis-laden epoch


    22. What he was now saying though as if he spoke directly to their minds, sounded totally different; his voice abrasive beyond human measure, as if razors sharpened against coarse stone:


    23. Time only sharpened his understanding that she had also looked at him


    24. The argument sharpened when it was discovered that there was a hole in the ozone layer over the South Pole that hadn’t been noted before


    25. Perched always on the knife-edge of extinction, he sharpened his tools of survival throughout that crisis-laden epoch” (the Pleistocene)


    26. This tool of survival was sharpened persistently over those ages before the possibility of a use of the power of this imagining could be extrapolated into a wider utility


    27. Two pairs of them set up household, each in its own area above the patio, occasionally squabbling noisily during breeding time when rivalries sharpened


    28. They’re similar, Cara and Tris, two women sharpened by loss


    29. The pain sharpened in her eyes and she covered them with the heels of her hands, skin wet with tears of agony


    30. That tactic was sharpened to perfection when President Ronald Reagan nominated Judge Robert Bork for a seat on the Supreme Court in 1987

    31. Some analysts and commentators spread a litany of anti Yankee “buts”, sharpened slashes against the assaulted country and consoling and even cheering hand-clapping for the executors of such atrocity


    32. The contrast was sharpened by the very essence and character of the Roman Empire with its tyrannical rule and its idolatry which


    33. The talons were hooked and seemed well sharpened and used, during battles from times past


    34. The foe-ruler laughed, dodging the swipe of the bent and sharpened iron at the shaft-end


    35. Each Eid archer stood on the shore of the frozen river by a sharpened wood stake stuck into the ground to stop charging horses


    36. Waiting for darkness, drifting with lowered sails in the open water over the horizon, fighters sharpened and oiled the blades of their weapons


    37. Halfdan drew that long, sharpened iron from its sheath and rested the blade on his lap


    38. As the photo sharpened, she saw something odd


    39. The crew had sharpened two of the diving knives,


    40. He had one of the sharpened diving knives in his fist,

    41. a bit of work; but if I sharpened some of the tools that I’d thrown


    42. Several days’ labour preparing the defences were evident, with several ditches dug into the frozen ground at the track’s entrance to slow a charge up and lines of sharpened stakes had been driven into the ground to stop any cavalry


    43. "Maybe you're not hearing me, soldier," Calvin's voice sharpened


    44. When he looked at Calvin his eyes sharpened for an instant, as if to say something, but then they were empty


    45. As I moved from roof to roof, the bricks and stone only sharpened my claws


    46. I could've further sharpened the niche but like I said, there really is no limit to how sharp


    47. delicate pink rosebuds sharpened his gaze as he watched them


    48. Around this barrier was a succession of moats and sharpened poles


    49. These creatures had sulfur teeth standing out projected out of their mouth, sharpened like knives; their long tails moved in all directions and used them as if they were a whip


    50. Bjorn assailed the spherical creatures with sharpened stones hurled from his sling








































    1. A hooded executioner stands on the dais, impassively sharpening a tremendous scimitar with a whetstone


    2. The wind was sharpening now so I shoved my hands into my pockets and quickened my pace, darting about and skimming round the corners and making good headway till I turned a corner and almost ran into a large woman chopping wood right in my path


    3. Michael, after tutting at the state of Dave’s carving knife, busies himself with a steel, sharpening the offending article


    4. He was often set the task of sharpening tools, and soon learned to respect the sharp edges and fine points of the variety of metal tools they relied upon


    5. Of course I wasn’t there for the sharpening


    6. ” The tan-skinned Torvellen grunted and then returned to sharpening his knife that looked more like a short sword


    7. “The cellar …” he stated slowly, his eyes sharpening


    8. Gastronomic flavors were already sharpening our appetite


    9. From early childhood he recognizes his image as a representation of himself…Awareness of self could have been the beginning of future abstract thought…Somewhere within that miasma of inherited change…(from a fortuitous notice of a naturally sharp edge to purposeful manufacture) Man continued the sharpening of his tools of survival


    10. The ever-finer sharpening of Man’s sharp stones, the substitute fangs that he had been so woefully deficient in, must have been used to open dead carcasses for a long, long time before the realization that it could be used on live flesh also dawned on some lucky individual

    11. “Mark has two days furlough, and then we will spend a few days sharpening his mage skills and training him to cast his own power


    12. I finished sharpening the knife and it is a fine piece of work


    13. While he pleasured over her frame, sharpening his joy, she swirled in his arms in rapture


    14. When they were not aloft Ambrosius and Stan also helped out by performing various duties such as swabbing the deck, taking soundings, feeding the petrels and, at Fishmael's insistence, sharpening the harpoons every twelve hours


    15. So the trunks stayed where they were and Petra Cotes set about reconquering the husband by sharpening the only weapons that his daughter could not use on him


    16. “What time is it?” she asked, desperation sharpening her words


    17. They had thirty years of sharpening stone treatment


    18. Half of the blades had been honed away in the years of sharpening


    19. “What if she gets killed in the meantime?” Said the young man, sharpening his tone a bit


    20. Commission can be explained by the necessary sharpening of the

    21. The weapon you carry is only as good as you keep it so I spent the next hour cleaning, oiling and sharpening the weapons that I had been using over the last couple of days since I hadn’t hadn’t been able to do more than wipe them off at the time


    22. “Where’s Alicia?” he said wildly, angrily, fear sharpening his voice


    23. By contrast, sharpening caste identities—as represented by Mayawati’s Dalit-dominated Bahujan Samaj Party and Mulayam’s Samajwadi Party—appeared to have a more enduring appeal


    24. Hunter walked into the deepening gloom of the evening woods, his senses sharpening with every step


    25. He set to sharpening his pencil with that blade thinking that it is better than the sharpener which his father advised him to use


    26. Pierce watched her, his eyes sharpening


    27. ” Flower butted in, the annoyance in their tones sharpening


    28. ” his unfocused vision began sharpening


    29. A sharpener is indeed what you use for sharpening the


    30. This method is actually the only one that truly has a sharpening effect on

    31. These are the most commonly used tools for sharpening Japanese


    32. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to use whet stones for sharpening


    33. blade that requires the greatest amount of sharpening


    34. you can use for sharpening your knife


    35. There is a certain type of sharpening tool that comes in the form of a


    36. Whereas sharpening methods above are implemented to shave off dulled


    37. this will reduce the need for actual sharpening while at the same time


    38. Consider the tips below to limit the need for frequent sharpening and to


    39. Upon his arrival at the chapel the green knight, who was sharpening his axe, greeted him


    40. The Ogre wiggled its fingers around, the knives seemingly sharpening themselves as they rubbed against each other

    41. She spent at least two hours sharpening sticks, driving them into holes, and covering the holes with leaves, but she began to fear she might be wasting her time


    42. The children all stood up when I came in, and the teacher ceased sharpening his wits on a dulness that could not feel, and with many bows put a chair for me and begged me to sit on it


    43. Sharpened flat stones became worthy knives though because they killed no animal they were mainly used for slicing off lengths of vine and sharpening stabbing spears that would also never be used for the purpose they were designed


    44. These included three 16 pound stone sledges, several Cleveland model tackle blocks with long lengths of stout rope, three Disston's type cross cut saws for two man tree cutting, four stone picks of seven pounds each, two toothed stone mason's hammers of ten pounds each, six pointed quarry picks, various steel wedges, a large stone cutter's saw called a Frig Bob, a smaller starting saw called a Razzor, a triangular file to sharpen saw teeth, two drill braces, a pedal operated grinding stone of 60 pounds for sharpening of the other tools, and an assortment of small hand tools


    45. He went back to sharpening the axe


    46. “Hmmm…” LanCoste had moved beyond conversation and didn’t look up from sharpening the glistening arc of one of his magnificent axes


    47. habit (7) about sharpening the saw, is concerned with


    48. Whet: To sharpen; to rub for the purpose of sharpening, as an edged tool


    49. In order to speed such a development, James was sharpening up some of the Centre's procedural compliances, and had recently made a disturbing discovery


    50. Sharpening stones – waterstones are cleaner than oilstones




























    1. and the slow numbing of fingers sharpens


    2. It affects and stimulates the Nervous System the Head and the Brain then Calms it down it also Sharpens the Memory


    3. sharpens iron; so man sharpens the expressions of his friend


    4. The Gaillard Cut, big conduit for boats, sharpens the interest of the passengers who travel that channel, due principally to its history and geology


    5.  your mind sharpens and you start to think more clearly


    6. sharpens and increases it’s perception to learn


    7. Amazing how tension sharpens the senses


    8. essence of prayer fosters and sharpens the knowledge-


    9. When my look finally sharpens, I can see that the bedroom is huge and decorated minimalistically


    10. self-awareness, dramatically lowers stress, sharpens thinking

    11. Who sharpens the bullets for sharpshooters? It is rather ironic that slang for a gun is “piece” while the word “peace”


    12. The effect of the persistent denial to women of full equality with men sharpens


    13. The very tip of the 45 degree column sharpens into a


    14. But this is intuition, not astrology, although the practice of astrology sharpens intuition


    15. The one sharpens the appetite,


    16. Iron sharpens iron


    17. As I watch, the very shape of her face changes, sharpens


    18. ‘This often comic tale sharpens the appetite for more


    19. (sharpens the vision…) about much that was formerly shrouded in shadow and mystery


    20. The hair dragged up high at the back sharpens the lines of the profile as the low knot blunts them

    21. The butcher-boy puts off his killing-clothes, or sharpens his knife


    22. Sharpens the mind’s eye


    23. The terror of being judged sharpens the memory: it sends an inevitable glare over that long-unvisited past which has been habitually recalled only in general phrases


    24. Using the LLH interval count sharpens up the 107-day count considerably by eliminating less-than-ideal 107-day counts


    25. The siren wail sharpens, and the sound pierces Ciere


    26. [This text (…) sharpens the profile of Bakhtin’s whole career]


    Show more examples

    Synonyms for "sharpen"

    focalise focalize focus sharpen heighten point taper whet smooth rub

    "sharpen" definitions

    make sharp or sharper


    make crisp or more crisp and precise


    become sharp or sharper


    put (an image) into focus


    make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper


    raise the pitch of (musical notes)


    give a point to


    make (one's senses) more acute