Example Sentences
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These are some macho men of the old Southern tradition, and trying their final product usually consists of a gigantically sharped bushman’s knife hacking through a Fred Flintstone style brontosaurus size steak.
From Forbes ● Jan. 21, 2015
Hence didactic William sharped his own son out of board-money.
From Time Magazine Archive
A high, childish soprano voice was essaying to carry the sustained note an octave above the man's voice; once it sharped.
From Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley by Maniates, Belle Kanaris
"And you left it?" she sharped, her voice tense.
From Further Foolishness by Leacock, Stephen
It was the deepest disgrace we ever knew if we had sharped or flatted when we got back to the starting point.
From Confessions of an Opera Singer by Howard, Kathleen
