sharp
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Garcia landed two sharp left hooks and, although Benn initially appeared to take the shots well, the champion soon began finding gaps as the Briton charged into range.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Elsewhere, Asian stocks endured a sharp fall following losses during the U.S. session.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The repricing has coincided with a sharp strengthening of the Japanese yen across currency markets.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
There’s been a sharp rise in such loss-of-control incidents in 2026.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Cookie had knowingly taken the team over the edge of a sharp drop.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
The proposed metal needle bin will be concreted to the ground and will provide a secure way of disposing of sharps.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2025
Professional bettors, otherwise known as sharps, affect betting lines for all sports.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
No one associated with the musical knows whether a show so right for pastry puns set to sharps and flats can be a hefty source of … dough.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023
This 20th century Brazilian channeling of Bach flowed naturally from Cuong’s G sharps, leaving that impression that, while the scenery differs, the Amazon, Rhine and Mekong Delta are all rivers, and water everywhere is nourishing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2022
Double sharps and flats are fairly rare, and triple and quadruple flats even rarer, but all are allowed.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
“These pressures, while generating earnings volatility, should help limit the scale of softening compared to that in previous cycles, as we believe a material unexpected loss event could trigger sharper repricing,” Fitch adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Because the telescope observes from space, it can capture sharper images across complete rotations of Saturn without the blurring caused by Earth's atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
The rise will apply to household bills during the first half of the coming winter and follows a sharper 13% rise in July.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Sylvester said the company needs to be better about staying on top of trends and having a sharper, tighter clothing selection.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
But the horses only came into sharper focus, along with an unusual number of people on the sidewalks below.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
It wasn’t the sharpest night for the Trojans’ offense, either.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Huang reserved his sharpest warning for governments that dwell on the technology's risks.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
He distilled the disagreement into the dissent’s sharpest line.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
Laerte Bandeira, owner of Piracicaba-based machinery dealer Tratorex and a former Caterpillar salesman, said equipment makers have been cutting prices since Trump’s tariffs hit—the sharpest decline he has seen in 50 years in the business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Officer Delinko wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he was beginning to suspect that this wasn’t the random work of juvenile pranksters.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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
And when he sharped yon old carving-knife of grandfather’s, you couldn’t tell arter he’d done which side were the back and which side were the edge.
From Frank Oldfield Lost and Found by Theodore P. Wilson
Dickens's sentiment seldom rings perfectly true; too often it is sharped to flippancy, or flatted to mawkishness.
From Washington Irving by Henry Walcott Boynton
The transcriber had failed to make this change, and so had lost the uplifting effect of the sharped F. All the life and color of the phrase had been destroyed, and the result was intolerable.
From The Gates of Chance by Van Tassel Sutphen
Looking beyond individual commodities, three broader macro forces are also sharping the market, said Guy Wolf, global head of market analytics at Marex.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 13, 2026
Keaton’s comeback is the result, he says, of sharping his focus.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2014
Outwardly innocent, Santana's instrumental solos are long-lined and full of musical guile, bending, flatting and sharping with something of the intricacy of Oriental music.
From Time Magazine Archive
Husky, usurious, "Doc" believed sharping made the victim sharp.
From Time Magazine Archive
Theirs also poor fellows that goes up and doune wt their hurle barrows in which they carrie their sharping stone to sharp axes or gullies to any bodie that employes him.
From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Lord John Lauder Fountainhall
Vocabulary lists containing sharp
Common Five-letter Words for Wordle, List 5
Looking to grow your vocabulary? Check out this interactive, curated word list from our team of English language specialists at Vocabulary.com – one of over 17,000 lists we've built to help learners worldwide!
Music - Introductory
Interested in learning more words like this one? Our team at Vocabulary.com has got you covered! You can review flashcards, quiz yourself, practice spelling, and more – and it's all completely free to use!
"Encounter"
Want to remember this word for good? Start your learning journey today with our library of interactive, themed word lists built by the experts at Vocabulary.com – we'll help you make the most of your study time!
