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sharpened - definition and meaning
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adjective sharp point or edge.verb sharpen .
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His expression sharpened and his eyes began to glitter with a dangerous light as he leaned into her until his face was mere inches from hers.
A PROPER AFFAIR VICTORIA MALVEY 2001
He blinked and his expression sharpened , looking around him, taking in the empty room without comprehension.
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters Dahlquist, Gordon 2006
Old Corbet did not answer him, but turning round to the baronet, who was not then in a capacity to hear or observe anything apart from the terrible convulsions of agony he was suffering, he looked upon him, his keen old eyes in a blaze, his lips open and their expression sharpened by the derisive and satanic triumph that was legible in the demon sneer which kept them apart.
The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831
Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche often used the analogy that receiving an empowerment is like being given a sword, while receiving subsequent permission is like having that sword sharpened for more effective use.
5 Alternative Kalachakra 2009
We go on like this a bit until I have a knife defined as a sharpened metal blade with some sort of handle, used to cut with.
Knife-Shaped Objects delagar 2006
We go on like this a bit until I have a knife defined as a sharpened metal blade with some sort of handle, used to cut with.
Archive 2006-09-01 delagar 2006
Ah-now he was actually being taken seriously, he saw with grim satisfaction as his father's expression sharpened dramatically.
The Bellini Bride Reid, Michelle 2002
Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche often used the analogy that receiving an empowerment is like being given a sword, while receiving subsequent permission is like having that sword sharpened for more effective use.
Taking the Kalachakra Initiation ��� 5 Alternative Kalachakra 1997
The disapproving expression sharpened into accusation.
Captives Of The Night Chase, Loretta 1994
That his armor was polished, his sword sharpened , and that his horse was glossy and fed and newly shod.
The Dragons of Krynn Weis, Margaret 1994
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