sharp-cornered

Example Sentences

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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

But the little place with its narrow streets all running uphill, its unprotected sharp-cornered quay, and its dominant manor-house, still contrives to exist.

From Nooks and Corners of Cornwall by Scott, C. A. Dawson

Their oars were lancet-shaped as far as the middle, and had a protruding sharp-cornered point.

From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by Kloss, C. Boden

I put the candle stand beside the pillow and lay wrapped in bedding, clenching the small chilly padlock and sharp-cornered boards.

From Lazarre by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell

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