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Definition of the day : « sharpen »

  • verb make knifelike
Example sentences :
  • If you were envied, why should you sharpen envy, and file up its teeth to an edge?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Why should they brighten their tomahawks and sharpen their knives against each other?
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • I know for a fact that Sergeant Martin had no less than nine pen-knives to sharpen.
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • You sharpen your wits on other people's, and you keep in touch with all kinds of opinions.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Twas unkind in my uncle to sharpen his appetite with red rum.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Shining Light » by Norman Duncan
  • "I sharpen serpents' teeth from time to time," offered Bell amiably.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various
  • The first thing the carver will require to do is to sharpen his tools.
  • Extract from : « Wood-Carving » by George Jack
  • That new presence within will sharpen the brain, and fire the imagination.
  • Extract from : « Quiet Talks on Power » by S.D. Gordon
  • Now,” said he, “I must make the sides smooth, and sharpen it.
  • Extract from : « Rollo's Experiments » by Jacob Abbott
  • The remedy is to sharpen the cap, so that its edge makes a close fit with the cutter.
  • Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes