sharpen

Example Sentences

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Fortunately, we saw enough to sharpen up a list of favorites.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Grove dumped his thoughts into marble composition notebooks to sharpen his thinking, said Richard S. Tedlow, a Harvard Business School professor emeritus who was granted access to those journals.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Well, that is when dividend investors need to download the 10-K and sharpen their pencils.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

A remarkably preserved fossil from Argentina is helping scientists sharpen the picture of how snakes evolved.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

He has hurried to find me a knife to sharpen my pencil.

From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple