The phrase "a sharp attack of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a sudden and intense occurrence of a condition or feeling, often in a medical or emotional context.
Example: "After years of managing her anxiety, she experienced a sharp attack of panic during the presentation."
Alternatives: "a sudden onset of" or "an acute episode of".
But Dr. Venter's testimony today, before the energy and environment subcommittee of the House Committee on Science, included a sharp attack on the quality of the consortium's work and criticism of the "rough draft" plan that Dr. Collins announced last month.
The book is a sharp attack on the values of Antiochene upper-class urban society written by someone who was a member of that class.
Mostly, but not entirely, this is due to the government succumbing to a fairly sharp attack of mid-term blues, something which didn't happen in the previous parliament.The protracted semi-secret haggling between the prime minister and the chancellor over how to present a united front on the euro achieved exactly the opposite.
Although it is often considered that TN is easy to diagnosis there is an increasing understanding that TN has a varied presentation and that some patients report considerable amount of less intense burning or dull pain after the main sharp attack of pain which can be present for more than 50% of the time.
At a midday appearance on Wednesday, Mr. Gingrich had seemed to repudiate the sharp attacks of recent days, in which he has accused Mr. Romney of "looting" companies.
With all three rivals under intense pressure to show strength in the primary on Tuesday, they each unleashed their sharpest attacks of the campaign season.
As the two Democratic presidential candidates engage in some of their sharpest attacks of the campaign, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt).
The most striking element of this book may be Gaddis's sharp attack on some of the premises of the social sciences.
The panel has come under sharp attack after revelations of several mistakes in its most recent report, published in 2007, including a poorly sourced and exaggerated account of how quickly the Himalayan glaciers are melting.
In meetings late into Monday night in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Mr. Abbas came under sharp attack from senior members of Fatah who are allied with Mr. Arafat, and from members of other factions.
