Thesaurus / sharpened
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The only problem was that when one of these trees reached the end of its natural life, bacteria and fungal spores got ready to decompose it, sharpening their knives.
WHY BIRDS CAN FLY OVER MOUNT EVEREST - ISSUE 94: EVOLVINGWALTER MURCHDECEMBER 30, 2020NAUTILUSThat edge was sharpened early, when he and future Celtics teammate Bill Russell won 55 straight games and two NCAA championships playing for the University of San Francisco.
K.C. JONES WAS A WINNER EVERYWHERE HE WENT, INCLUDING HIS TIME COACHING THE BULLETSGEORGE SOLOMONDECEMBER 26, 2020WASHINGTON POSTIt has further sharpened existing inequalities and brought about major challenges for how we physically live and work together.
FUTURE CITIES: NEW CHALLENGES MEAN WE NEED TO REIMAGINE THE LOOK OF URBAN LANDSCAPESNICK DUNNDECEMBER 18, 2020SINGULARITY HUB There won’t be that conversation without tension, conflict, but it sharpens us, and it makes us stronger.
MORNING REPORT: NEW MAYOR, COUNCIL TAKE OVERVOICE OF SAN DIEGODECEMBER 11, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOPaul’s sphere of influence continues to expand as he sharpens his eye for win-win deals.
NBA FREE AGENCY WINNERS AND LOSERS: A TOUGH WEEKEND FOR THE WIZARDS AND KNICKSBEN GOLLIVERNOVEMBER 23, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe conflict in Tom's puzzled heart sharpened that evening into dreadful edges that cut him mercilessly whichever way he turned.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODThe sharpened faculties have something of a lawyer's quickness in detecting a flaw in the indictment.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYIn spite of her sharpened wits, Mrs. Kaye smiled radiantly into Isabel's guileless eyes.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONAt the head they insert a bamboo knot, with its point well sharpened into two edges.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898, VOLUME XX, 1621-1624VARIOUSShe ran her finger along the edge of the instrument—Gilbert, when at home, used to keep it nicely sharpened for her use.
THE WORLD BEFORE THEMSUSANNA MOODIEWORDS RELATED TO SHARPENED
- aciculate
- acuate
- acuminate
- acuminous
- acute
- apical
- barbed
- briery
- cuspate
- cuspidate
- edged
- fine
- ground fine
- honed
- horned
- jagged
- keen
- keen-edged
- knife-edged
- needle-pointed
- needlelike
- peaked
- pointed
- pointy
- prickly
- pronged
- razor-sharp
- salient
- serrated
- sharp-edged
- sharpened
- spiked
- spiky
- spiny
- splintery
- stinging
- tapered
- tapering
- thorny
- tined
- tipped
- unblunted
- whetted
- aciculate
- acuate
- acuminate
- acuminous
- acute
- apical
- barbed
- briery
- cuspate
- cuspidate
- edged
- fine
- gnawing
- ground fine
- honed
- horned
- jagged
- keen
- keen-edged
- knife-edged
- knifelike
- lancinating
- needle-pointed
- needlelike
- peaked
- piercing
- pointed
- pointy
- prickly
- pronged
- razor-sharp
- salient
- serrated
- sharp-edged
- sharpened
- shooting
- spiked
- spiky
- spiny
- splintery
- stinging
- tapered
- tapering
- thorny
- tined
- tipped
- unblunted
- whetted
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