SHARPER in a Sentence

Learn SHARPER from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

22 example sentences for SHARPER, such as:

1. I hope to bring a diffuse focus into sharper detail.
2. Her teeth are some sharper, and at times her eyes are more hard.
3. How sharper than a serpent's tooth is to have a thankless child.
4. Their density would not enable them to understand his sharper point of view.
5. repeated, now somewhat sharper as if he had finally caught the usher out in a lie.

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1  Mammy's eyes were sharper than Ellen's, and Scarlett could never recall in all her life having fooled Mammy for long.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
2  The high cheek bones were more prominent, the hawk-bridged nose was sharper and her copper skin gleamed with a brighter hue.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
3  Scarlett herself was afraid of the old lady, for she had sharp eyes and a sharper tongue and Scarlett had felt them both in the past.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
4  "I was always so glad dear Papa didn't chew," began Pitty, and Melanie, her frown creasing deeper, swung on her and spoke sharper words than Scarlett had ever heard her speak.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
5  Their density would not enable them to understand his sharper point of view.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
6  Her teeth, in the dim, uncertain light, seemed longer and sharper than they had been in the morning.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
7  In particular, by some trick of the light, the canine teeth looked longer and sharper than the rest.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
8  Her breathing grew stertorous, the mouth opened, and the pale gums, drawn back, made the teeth look longer and sharper than ever.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
9  As yet there was no sign of the teeth growing sharper; but the time as yet was short, and there was time for fear.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
10  Her teeth are some sharper, and at times her eyes are more hard.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
11  He told her those things in a way that frightened her--that made it look as if I was some kind of cheap sharper.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
12  Then he recalled the scandal with a sharper, to whom he had lost money, and given a promissory note, and against whom he had himself lodged a complaint, asserting that he had cheated him.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 24
13  Telemachus answered, "The fault, father, is mine, and mine only; I left the store room door open, and they have kept a sharper look out than I have."
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XXII
14  repeated, now somewhat sharper as if he had finally caught the usher out in a lie.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Three In the empty Courtroom - The Student - The ...
15  We wish nothing, save to be alone and to learn, and to feel as if with each day our sight were growing sharper than the hawk's and clearer than rock crystal.
Anthem By Ayn Rand
Context  Highlight   In PART ONE
Example Sentence:
1  But the incidents of his adventure grew sensibly sharper and clearer under the attrition of thinking them over, and so he presently found himself leaning to the impression that the thing might not have been a dream, after all.
2  I hope to bring a diffuse focus into sharper detail.
3  How sharper than a serpent's tooth is to have a thankless child.
4  The company's restructuring is designed to give a sharper focus on key growth markets.
5  As the campaign season nears and as Christie continues to struggle to gain traction, he'll face pressure to start drawing sharper contrasts with Bush.