Sentence examples for sharpened before from inspiring English sources

The United States squad's passing was too cavalier at first — several balls went trickling to opposing feet — but it sharpened before Mexico could capitalize.

She shows how the knives were sharpened before the war's end in Soviet training camps for East European Communists, so that trusted agents could create and control secret police forces in each of the "liberated" nations.

Peaks are sharpened (before disappearing), troughs are broadened.

The ritual of the hot towel, the long blade sharpened before you, and taking the time to relax and unwind before emerging refreshed and anew.

When they met in 1958, during the great laundry shortage, neither team wore britches, and a few players' cleats were sharpened before the game.

Furthermore, prediction algorithms need to be sharpened before being applied to the general population, where the majority of type 1 diabetes cases occur, yet the predictive value of genetic markers is lower than among relatives.

Toward the end of the story, Mr. Oakes brings out a long, glittering knife, which he lovingly sharpens before he leaves the house.

But what parts of his golf game would he need to sharpen before teeing off at Royal Lytham & St . Anneson July 19 in England?

In the kitchen, a row of chef knives, professionally sharpened just hours before, laid across a long industrial-size preparation table next to spices, zucchini, canned beans, measuring cups and chopping boards.

The knives had been out and sharpened long before M. Night Shyamalan's latest movie, "The Happening," opened on Friday.

And for that matter, do not expect to eyeball the actual spot where Brad Pitt and Eric Bana — er, Achilles and Hector in the 2004 sword-and-sandal epic "Troy" — clanged sharpened bronze before the walls.