The phrase "actually sharpened" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something has been made sharper or improved in a literal or figurative sense.
Example: "The knife was actually sharpened before the cooking class, ensuring it was ready for use."
Alternatives: "truly sharpened" or "genuinely sharpened".
Ever closer links with China have actually sharpened Hong Kong's sense of its own distinctness.
He actually sharpened his claws covering the brutal automobile industry, as recounted is this 2004 Wired profile.
Some people theorized that they actually sharpened vision while others felt that their effect would be detrimental.
Our local clinical situation is actually sharpened by the concerning fact that UW has currently no valid license for organ preservation and is thus not available in Germany.
(In this sense, a sharpening steel doesn't actually sharpen; it just realigns, or "hones," the edge.
(In this sense, a sharpening steel doesn't actually sharpen; it just realigns, or "hones," the edge. On a Western knife, in fact, the hairlike edge is often so soft that, when sharpened, it forms a flimsy, invisible burr, which is best removed with a compound-soaked leather wheel or strop).
But, to his credit, Flannery captures the sense of a family cavorting heedlessly on the edge of an abyss and actually sharpens certain moments: when Mitia recounts his life story in the coded form of an Andersen-like fairytale, the bitter allegory is here addressed to the group, rather than the child, and produces a collective shiver of apprehension.
A notable observation from this model is that longitudinal electrical coupling actually sharpens the mechanical response.
Contradictory to what you might think, this tool will actually sharpen the image.
Rubbing the blade across the stone's surface is the process that will actually sharpen it.
Having a healthy snack while you complete your homework, such as fruits or vegetables, can actually sharpen your focus and improve your memory.
