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I pull forward one of my two blank cards and write in big block letters an unbendable, sharp-cornered David-word: RULE.

From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord

The screen of oak-crowned upland suddenly fell away and a grey sharp-cornered building came into view in a setting of low growing beeches and dark pines. 

From When William Came by Saki

"I can read any kind of plain writing like they do in school," said Richard, "but not this sharp-cornered kind where the m's and u's are alike, and all the tails are pointed."

From Georgina of the Rainbows by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)

Some are sharp-cornered, with facets determined by chance fractures; some are round, polished by friction under water.

From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

Here we deserted the open air for piled-up brushy tangles, many sharp-cornered rock fragments, and a choked streamlet.

From The Forest by White, Stewart Edward




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