Sentence examples for being sharp from inspiring English sources

You don't shoot his number at Doral without being sharp.

"Being sharp is not from playing games," Biron said.

A nanny being sharp with my children — a kind woman, simply burned out?

Being sharp and clever in class doesn't make them any less impressionable as children.

It's a light, bouncy, expertly calibrated number that's fun without being sharp, witty but with no taint of irony.

Science is an integral part of this drama, and Mr. Frayn counts on audiences being sharp enough to keep up.

Within the financial sector, he has a reputation for being sharp-tongued with people who do not meet his expectations.

Ms. Shanahan was single-minded on the trail of a story and had a reputation for being sharp-tongued with officials.

Despite the inherent cattiness of its genre, "Bergdorf Blondes" gets a lot more mileage out of being sharp-eyed and mildly satirical ("the rumor was that since college all Aerin had done was sit home and knit gold lurex shoe bags for her massive collection of Christian Louboutins") than it might have from being mean-spirited.

Linus is, of course, the founder of the Linux kernel, but he also represents the soul of open source: open without being dogmatic, collaborative while still being sharp-witted and sharp-elbowed, and quality and performance above all.

Going back to his days at West Point, Edwards had earned a reputation for being sharp-tongued and contentious.