Sentence examples for sharp as a needle from inspiring English sources

She did not know if this would resuscitate him or end him, but the same spite, sharp as a needle, that had come to her after Fanni's death was in her again.

It's his payoff that makes it really tingle, as he bitterly spits "My love is as sharp as a needle in your eye/ You must be such a fool to pass me by" – only even he doesn't believe that, either.

Its songs are all about disappointment and failure, with Bon Scott's writing – and he was one of rock's most undervalued lyricists when he put in some effort – as sharp as a needle.

Slender and sharp as a needle, and chic ("Just because I am a librarian, doesn't mean I have to dress like one"), she was an ideal foil for her boss.

Get something sharp, such as a needle or a nail.

She has the cheek of Vivienne Westwood with the expressionist flair of the new romantics – and a wit as sharp as her needle.

He marches stoically through thorns as sharp as surgical needles.

The golden spines, as sharp as sewing needles, keep predators from scampering up the stems.

The petals were violet or purple, and they were as sharp as little needles.

White hair as thin as corn silk flows uncut to her narrow shoulders, and gray-green eyes as sharp as pine needles dart around catching the slightest movement in tree or pond.

He is as sharp as a tack.