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Example sentences for: sharpen

How can you use “sharpen” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

One of the fishermen lazily drew his knife out of his trouser pocket; he laboriously opened it and began to sharpen the blade on the corner of the sandstone wall.
Both advocacy groups and government programs have started to bring together neuroscience and genetics experts, clinicians, and families to sharpen the focus of studies and ensure progress in what has often been a messy field.
Faced with this problem, some gun toters would skin, or sharpen the flint with a knife, creating a bevel in the flint, which could then make full contact and generate an adequate shower of sparks.
Perhaps Aman will sharpen his perspective and techniques and institute such interviews as a regular feature of Maledicta .
Those who wish to sharpen their language skills are best advised to read and write, and to do both as much as possible, perhaps trying to emulate an admired writer.