Sentence examples for lacking in sharpness from inspiring English sources

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Up front, Diego Costa looked his usual aggressive, snarling self, but was understandably lacking in sharpness having just returned from a three-match ban.

Even some of the later videos have an excess of visual noise and are lacking in sharpness".

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They arrive at the subject late, short of facts and slogans compared to the Republicans, and lacking in any critical sharpness.

He wasn't the only falling-down drunk there, and I daresay he wasn't the only unhappily closeted homosexual, but his work as a writer and director has a sharpness and bite lacking in the genial comedies we associate with the studio.

Costa showed the kind of confidence and sharpness so obviously lacking in £50m-man Torres, and the assured touch that always seemed beyond the enthusiastic but technically-limited Ba.

The visitors briefly threatened a comeback following a sensational 40-yard strike from substitute Lionel Ainsworth, but they were again lacking in confidence as an attacking side, despite signs that Ojamaa is regaining his sharpness.

But Wendy Whelan and Rachel Rutherford, lacking sharpness in their feet and scrupulous syncopation, made it all seem rather flimsy.

That was largely down to a combination of Manchester City lacking sharpness in front of goal and some good Stoke defending.

It lacks, in my view, focus, sharpness and energy.

His own gadgetry, with its flashing monitors and flowing numbers, works in another time-frame, bringing events before they happen and giving them a sharpness they lack in "real life".

Jürgen Klopp has said that the midfielder will not be fit for the Europa League final on 18 May but will be back in time – though clearly lacking match sharpness – for the European Championship.

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