Meanings of be a sharpness in English

There was a sharpness and grim determination to put up a fight.

There was a sharpness of needles and acid in the air.

His face was still calm, but there was a sharpness in his voice.

But there was a sharpness and anger in society that fed into the stories.

There was a sharpness in Steve's demand that suggested doubt.

There was a sharpness in the girl's question which had not been in her tone before.

There was a sharpness to her features that might almost be harsh if she wasn't smiling.

There was a sharpness of rebuke in this which Godfrey Holmes could not at the moment overcome.

There was a sharpness in Kate's tones that fell unpleasantly on the ears of the young man.

There 's a sharpness that can be offputting.

But there was a sharpness like pointed needles in the pupils of his eyes that betrayed his true nature.

The squabbling between the characters is clearly supposed to be snappy but there 's a sharpness missing, with humour broad when it should be biting.