Sentence examples for had been sharp from inspiring English sources

Witnessing the catastrophic deterioration of a man who had been sharp enough to work for Gen. Douglas MacArthur, my frightened father was inspired to become a neurologist.

In the early hours of Wednesday morning, I pronounced Clinton the big winner, saying that she had been "sharp, personable, and assured".

Had been sharp and crossed for Rooney to score Michael Carrick 7 Used possession simply and effectively, never dwelling on the ball.

He said there had been sharp contrasts between his first stint in the airline industry, which ended in the 1980s, and his second airline career.

While toning down what had been sharp criticism of Mr. Lazio, Mr. Cheney and Gov. George W. Bush, Mrs. Clinton said she had merely been pointing out facts.

Tovah didn't know a thing about her, but the woman's gold-digging implements had been sharp enough to carve out some precious metal from the Randolph Gautier vein.

The Old Vera had been sharp-tongued, quick to insult, frequently cruel.

David Smith's steel sculpture "Study for Arches" and Alexander Calder's "Starfish" also show Biomorphism easily and peacefully encroaching on what had been sharp-angle territory.

If Suarez had been sharper there would have been more.

They found themselves constantly under pressure and would have been further behind if Hull's finishing had been sharper.

The drop has been sharp.