Sentence examples for to be acute from inspiring English sources

And his hearing seems to be acute.

The conditional quality of novel speech, applicable only to particular characters, enables the novel to be acute without being reductive.

Seven of them were hospitalized within a few weeks of the procedures for what was later determined to be acute hepatitis C, a liver disease caused by a blood-borne virus.

But by about half way through the clip, the atmosphere of absolute bereavement looks real: men and women prostrate themselves, writhing and howling in what appears to be acute and authentic agony.

But while the pressure on the euro zone appears to investors to be acute, the central bank's policy makers may not be as alarmed.

With an election due in October, their sense of smell needs to be acute: two opinion polls on July 20th showed the opposition Labor Party ahead of the government by up to four points.

They were expected to be acute to whatever activity came into view: errant citizens, their wayward vehicles and animals, switchmen on the ground, approaching trains or other rails full of boxcars.

The shipping problem has come closest to being acute for China, which is the biggest shipper to West Coast ports, having overtaken Japan.

The temptation to strike back must be acute.

The temptation to pull up stakes can be acute for city dwellers whose work gives them some mobility.

The ceding of authority in Iraq to the United Nations will be highly sensitive and the vulnerability of the whole process to violence is acute.