Sentence examples for overly sharp from inspiring English sources

It is necessary to avoid overly sharp tuition increases.

"I wasn't overly sharp in the bullpen as far as location.

Kaiser Permanente, an American health insurer, does something similar with its most at-risk policyholders.Progressive tells customers who use its monitors where they tend to drive unsafely and what their foibles are (overly sharp turns, for example).

Mr. Rajoy has said he does not intend to worsen things with overly sharp deficit cuts, demanded by Brussels, that could push the economy further into a downward spiral.

From the menu, a starter of small rock shrimp in salsa verde and a timbale of mushrooms came in as distant seconds, but avoid the ill-conceived match of good prosciutto and overly sharp and vinegar-soaked Granny Smith apple.

But in retrospect we may have been overly sharp in comments about Mr. Berger's fitness for his job and about Ms. Reno's refusal to issue a wiretap order on Dr. Lee.

The idea, Saunders says, was to create clothes that are casual and "not overly formal or sharp".

Jazz, for instance, sees half the track disappear between overly warm bass and sharp high-end frequencies lacking any nuance or clarity between instruments.

I'm not sure we can be overly confident at the sharp end of the tournament.

Second, the bounds must be reasonably sharp: an overly conservative error bound can yield inefficient approximations (N too large) or even dangerous suboptimal engineering results (unnecessary safety margins).

Apple designs well, in general, but while I've appreciated the technical merit of the last 4 iPhones I've owned, I haven't been overly fond of the sharp, hard edges.