knife-edged
Example Sentences
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First delivered to customers in 2023, Tesla’s stainless-skinned, knife-edged pickup went on to become about as popular as tetanus.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026
“I’m so sorry, so sorry,” Verlaine sings, offering a desperate apology amid a crossfire of guitars and drums — knife-edged single notes, barbed lines, implacable offbeats — that don’t promise any forgiveness.
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2023
All of the characters have a flair for knife-edged quips, but Basil is a veritable font of them.
From Washington Post • Nov. 20, 2018
There was always a knife-edged crease in his trousers and his shoes glittered.
From Time • Oct. 21, 2016
All around, tall stalks of cane were weaving and dancing to the rattling rhythm of their knife-edged blades.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
