Sentence examples for has been sharpened from inspiring English sources

A pencil achieves its ideal length, according to Weaver, when it has been sharpened three times.

The business end has been sharpened, helped partly by those commercial transfers.

A new design team is in place, and the editorial vision has been sharpened.

The fossil has been sharpened up on its northern edge by two moments of striking 21st-century architectural modernism.

Nobody denies that the insecurity in America has been sharpened by the absence of a comprehensive health-care system.

His appetite for international affairs, he admits, has been sharpened by his role as a mediator in the Middle East.

The administration's antipathy toward the United Nations has been sharpened since a Security Council resolution last month condemning Israeli settlements.

The old, familiar notion of us against them has been sharpened and pushed to the front once again.

"Russia has been sharpening its claws for a while.

Mr. Edwards has come late to the vitriol, though he has been sharpening his language.

Mr Thaksin, who stands on a pro-business platform, has been sharpening his knives.Winning the governor's election in Bangkok would have been the ideal start.