Sentence examples for their sharpening from inspiring English sources

She is more polite than they were, insisting throughout that their sharpening differences were about policy, not personality.

Wielding their sharpening steels, butchers took glittering knives to some 900 carcasses swaying solemnly on computerized trolleys, riding rail after rail to their disassembly.

Following a scrappy victory over part-time butcher Mark Krence in his fifth pro fight (as a rule, you know you're in trouble when the papers start mentioning your opponents' alternative means of employment) and only a year after turning over, boxing writers were already calling for their sharpening strops.

These experiences elevate their confidence, boost their motivation, sharpen their focus, and, ultimately, prepare them for the inevitable challenges they will face in many aspects of their lives.

Most members of the ring are from relatively privileged backgrounds themselves, and their proximity to their victims sharpens both their envy and their sense of entitlement.

Around the amphitheater, bulls wait their turns like gladiators while their trainers sharpen their horns.

Others use the experience as inspiration to hone their message, sharpen their tactics, and disarm their opponents.

Their faith sharpened, their zeal intensified, the temptation to fuse political and religious authority beckoned more insistently.

Volunteering can offer a path for job seekers to broaden their networks, sharpen their skills and abilities or simply stay busy.

With each flash, the men grew more definite: their chins sharpening, cheeks ripening around their smiles.

All over the United Kingdom, no doubt, political reporters like Bagehot are gleefully packing their notebooks and sharpening their pencils.