Sentence examples for i sharpened from inspiring English sources

I sharpened a knife and reflected on the difficulty of a pig at home.

But I sharpened a moral knife on that phrase and made it come out different.

I've increasingly never ticked the box marked 'cook a roast dinner' so last week I sharpened my quill and righted that wrong.

I sharpened my eye for produce, learning to tell a Bartlett from a Bosc, an acorn from a butternut and water cress from bok choy.

She was certainly diligent in blunting it on the same steel every time I sharpened it, in case anyone got hurt.

I sharpened my elbows at bridal sample sales, where I learned that even crumpled, foundation-stained wedding gowns still cost upwards of £1,000 – quite a leap of faith given that dry cleaning and alterations are often required, and returns are not allowed.

"I sharpen my knives every Saturday," he said.

Every time I sharpen it, the blemish gets minutely shallower.

In a letter, she wrote (of her first daughter, Fanny): With trembling hand I shall cultivate sensibility, and cherish delicacy of sentiment, lest, whilst I lend fresh blushes to the rose, I sharpen the thorns that will wound the breast I would fain guard — I dread to unfold her mind, lest it should render her unfit for the world she is to inhabit.

With trembling hand I shall cultivate sensibility, and cherish delicacy of sentiment, lest, whilst I lend fresh blushes to the rose, I sharpen the thorns that will wound the breast I would fain guard—I dread to unfold her mind, lest it should render her unfit for the world she is to inhabit—Hapless woman! what a fate is thine!

I sharpen it every night.