Sentence examples for sharpened me from inspiring English sources

"I had no idea but he sharpened me up".

My first taste of it in 2014 sharpened me as a music critic by setting my goalposts higher.

Fear has sharpened me: I wake at 3 in the morning to refine biological algorithms or to read papers on ovarian cancer.

"As if I was a pencil and havoc sharpened me," scoffs its speaker, "havoc is committed to care for the elderly, education for all, and narrowing the gap between rich and fabulously rich".

And fortunately for me, every person that I have encountered as a resource has sharpened me.

"But that should sharpen me up now for the next fight".

This research has just sharpened that question for me.

It has transformed me tremendously, sharpened my self-confidence and strengthened my capacity to communicate among professional colleagues globally".

They held my hands and feet, they closed my eyes and an old woman began to cut me with sharpened stone knives – there was no anaesthetic or sterilisation processes.

They held my hands and feet, and they closed my eyes, and an old woman began to cut me with sharpened stone knives there were no anesthetic or sterilization processes.

Being hungry sharpened my concentration and made me feel capable of great intellectual feats; soon I was addicted to it.