Sentence examples for he sharpened it from inspiring English sources

In bilad al kufr (the countries of unbelief), he needed the faith as consolation, and it was there that he sharpened it as a weapon of war.

Wellman doesn't exploit the violence; he sharpens it so it hurts to watch, and the sense of spreading corruption is overwhelming.

Mr. Obama thought the draft speech was too soft on the Republicans — and so he personally sharpened it.

Ryan developed that ability early in his coaching career, he said, but sharpened it during his time in the Ivy League.

He endorsed everything that Paul VI had said, but sharpened it to an extraordinary degree.

Thum, Lawn-mowers sharpened," it said.

I mean, it was inevitable that he'd fire off a "Goddammit" or "sonofabitch" after I'd clobbered a rock with the mower blade just minutes after he finished hand sharpening it on a stone in the garage.

Although he took acting classes after he began working professionally ("I was like a dull knife -- I had the tool, I just needed to sharpen it"), he said that technique is not the source of his performances.

He sharpened the contrast of "while it can never forget what they did here" by substituting but for while.

So, on Thursday in New Hampshire, he sharpened the shiv and dug it in deeper, saying, "I'm prepared, if the N.A.A.C.P. invites me, I'll go to their convention and talk about why the African-American community should demand paychecks and not be satisfied with food stamps".

What was unexpected was the brio and energy he brought to it, as he sharpened the wit of Austen's dialogue and plotting into something both period and modern.