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
Each of them was originally a portion of brick-clay, on which the scribe indented the flights of arrowheads with some sharp-cornered instrument, after which the document was made permanent by baking.
From A History of Science — Volume 4 by Williams, Henry Smith
So he galloped steadily upon the homeward trail; and a new discomfort forced itself upon his consciousness—the discomfort of swift riding while a sharp-cornered medicine-case of generous proportions thumped regularly against his leg.
From The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories by Bower, B. M.
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
My father held fast to the sharp-cornered saint and prophet, though somewhat excoriated in the association.
From The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe by Hosmer, James Kendall
