Sentence examples for sharp play from inspiring English sources

McIlroy's tribulations were magnified by the sharp play down the stretch of his playing partners.

In this short, sharp play he confronts us with the Roboski massacre, in which 34 unarmed Kurdish civilians were killed in December 2011 on the Turkish-Iraqi border.

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That can be seen in his final round game against Jun Xie, in which his sharp play overcame a tough opponent.

They proved to be the difference as although captain James Milner gave them the perfect start with his first goal for the club after just 67 seconds the period of incisive, sharp play which followed did not produce further rewards.

Objectively, I'd done nothing wrong in the opening, but my opponent's sharp play brought it home to me: any pawn move in front of the king can be an invitation to attack.

"Our guys were sharp, played hard and were very unselfish," Coach Mike Krzyzewski said.

Sharp plays Harper Regan, a 41-year-old working mum living in Uxbridge, who takes time out to visit her dying father in Stockport.

He also made two sharp plays at first base, the first a leap for a line drive by Josh Hamilton, the second a dive in the dirt for a grounder by Matt Treanor.

She overcame what the card sharp played by Charles Coburn, in Preston Sturges's "The Lady Eve," diagnoses as the tragedy of the rich—"They don't need anything"—by making it her subject.

Lindsay approved of Sharp playing the role; Jones also felt pleased at the prospect of working with Sharp, saying "I was really excited on the day of the read-through".