Sentence examples for began sharp from inspiring English sources

Her published novels began sharp, terse, angular, and blithely enigmatic, on the French model of Queneau, and she ended as one of the most expansive and leisurely expositors since the Victorians.

His lyrics really begin to get sharp on the second Savannah Band album.

Thus began the sharp intakes of breath.

But then it began a sharp rise, as states revamped their welfare programs to emphasize work.

In June, they began a sharp decline that anticipated and exceeded the stock market's subsequent midsummer swoon.

According to a study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, testosterone began a sharp decline in American men beginning in 1987.

Another revolution in retailing began with sharp competition in price — making Wal-Mart by far the biggest retailer in the country.

In the wake of the California energy crisis, the value of Enron shares began a sharp retreat, and the focus on problems at some of its operations intensified.

Remittances, as the transfers are known, have been sliding since the end of 2007, when the construction industry in the United States began its sharp decline.

It began with sharp firing on the outposts from several quarters at once, and grew to a furious conflict as the night advanced.

Russell's teammates sympathized with him when he told them of how he had been profiled — at least until he began throwing sharp elbows around during a scrimmage, mostly in the direction of the team's white players.