Sentence examples for a sharp ear for from inspiring English sources

He possessed a sharp ear for torch songs and jazz.

Her works combine humour and psychological acuity with a sharp ear for regional speech patterns.

As a journalist, Harry was wry, charming, and proficient, with a sharp ear for a story.

Herbie Hancock: he always had a sharp ear for a pop hook.

Like Almond, Doyle has a sharp ear for language and family dynamics.

The novel is sparely written, cool, jaunty, darkly comic, with a sharp ear for voice and manner.

It's certainly true that no one had a sharper ear for humbug.

Gotye (who was born Wouter De Backer, in Belgium, in 1980) has yet to repeat the single's international success, but I've always thought it exhibited a surprising emotional sophistication, or at least a very sharp ear for a certain kind of nostalgia.

Mr. Kuhnel has a particularly sharp ear for music and structure.

James Salter clearly has a sharp ear and a fine eye.

It's wise to keep not only a sharp ear out but a sharp eye on the ethnic political world, because it's constantly changing.