Sentence examples for sharpened around from inspiring English sources

That tendency sharpened around four decades ago as rising crime became an emotive political issue and voters took to backing politicians who promised to stamp on it.

Fig. 3 Distribution of network parameters learned by minimizing probability flow (MPF) sharpens around three critical values.

The pink pashmina is fine, but the loose way she's wearing it betrays the fact that her style hasn't sharpened up around the edges yet.

The recent Snapchat hack – and the subsequent arguments over whether the company did enough to apologise to users for it – has sharpened the debate around apps and privacy.

However, the bombing outside a hotel and a string of shops across the street from the embassy has sharpened security concerns around Mr. Bush's visit and cast a cloud over this nation of 24 million people, which thought it had put away the bombings and assassinations that marked its turbulent past.

My buying expertise led me to Joss & Main, where I ran a team of 30 buyers, which sharpened my skills around running a team efficiently with a lot of fast deadlines.

Boys carried gladiator-style shields and women strutted around with sharpened sticks.

Using nicely sharpened scissors, trim the cloth around the shape of the blank making sure to leave about 2 inches (5 cm) of extra cloth draping over the board.

And Ms. Bloomfield makes a mean cheeseburger ($13), charred crisp around the exterior and sharpened with Roquefort.

There was an office boy who came around in the morning with a tray of freshly sharpened wooden pencils.

Talk of distributing movies over the Internet has been around for years, but it has sharpened in recent months as Hollywood has run into financial trouble.