Sentence examples for is sharpened for from inspiring English sources

The gladiator meets the sword that is sharpened for his bosom — the flying journalist or roving correspondent meets the command that may send him to his doom".

But as Asia's economic growth gallops into this corner of Russia's Far East, the demand for labor under free-market rules is sharpening for the thousands of young ethnic Koreans living here.

Three knives will be sharpened for $12.

Something must be wrong.'" He sensed the SEO knives being sharpened for Spectre early.

After its rapturous reception in Britain and America, knives are being sharpened for Slumdog Millionaire.

Up to three knives can be sharpened for a donation of $10.

For her part, Ezekwesili has been sharpened for battle by two years in government, first under the department of mines, then later as education minister.

That's because more data is available about the last holiday shopping season just as strategies must be sharpened for the next one.

The skeleton sled's steel runners are also rounded, unlike those on the luge and bobsled, which are sharpened for maximum control.

This temptation was sharpened for many Catholics by John Paul II's charisma and Cold War statesmanship and then Benedict's distinctive intellectual gifts, and by their common role as ecumenical rallying points for orthodox belief in an age of heresy.

The battle is over government spending, and for the first time in a generation, the knives are being sharpened for that most sacred cow of the Republican party: the $700bn – and rising – defence budget (pdf).