Sentence examples for be a sharp tool from inspiring English sources

Marxism can be a sharp tool for diagnosis but, as so many of Marx's followers have proved, a depressingly blunt one when it comes to prescription.

The offending weapon was a sharp tool used to remove calluses from the gnarled feet of tennis players.

After the vessels and piamater layer were removed, the sample was sheared with a sharp tool, digested with 0.25% trypsin for 10-20 min, filtered through a 70-µm sieve (BD Biosciences), treated with Lympholyte-M (Cedarlane company) to remove red blood cells, prepared for single cell suspension, and incubated under serum-free conditions.

There were no signs of torture but the cleric had been hit with a sharp tool on his head.

The copperplate is first coated with an acid-resistant substance, called the etching ground, through which the design is drawn with a sharp tool.

The periphery of the cloth is then machined, using a sharp tool, to be precisely circular and run true.

There's nothing better than a sharp tool, and nothing worse than a dull one.

Weeds may be removed by hand with a sharp tool or hoe or by other mechanical means such as mowing or cultivating between the planted rows.

Although there is no handle, Hiscock says it is not a simple "hand axe" – a sharp tool held directly in the hand – because it has been polished and made of a heavy material, which would not help much for a tool intended to be used by a hand.

It is shown that the peak tool tip pressure for a worn tool is much lower than that for a sharp tool.

The mouth is the weakest of the three, a sharp tool such as the blade of a pair of scissors will easily pass through the mouth into the hollow cavity.