Example Sentences

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Once the justices can imagine the same search occurring in the physical world, the constitutional discomfort sharpens considerably.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

Welcome to lower Manhattan’s Church Street Boxing Gym, where steel usually sharpens steel.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

They follow a pledge by leader Kim Jong Un to bolster nuclear forces, as Pyongyang reaps the benefits of deeper ties with Russia and sharpens its invective against US ally South Korea.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

“The Los Angeles that asserts itself from the shadows of that spectacle, a concept that sharpens this contrast between how the dream factory depicts it, and the reality of life within the actual place.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

The sound sharpens my fear into a hard point stabbing at my center.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir