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Meanings of sharpened by in English

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Usage of sharpened by in English
1
Now, her wits were sharpened by the sense of his desperate state.
Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages
2
Her wits sharpened by fear, she grasped Beverly's instructions with astonishing avidity.
Beverly of Graustark
3
Dom felt it with senses sharpened by fifteen years of practice.
Jacinto's Remnant
4
The homespun jacket covered a natural shrewdness which had been sharpened by responsibility.
Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War
5
And here would follow the inevitable reply, sharpened by bitter sarcasm:
Broken to the Plow / A Novel
6
Her face was fragile and her features were sharpened by suffering.
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
7
The listener's eyes, sharpened by anxiety, made out the figure of the woman.
Quill's Window
8
The children pounced upon the last with appetites sharpened by their morning's work.
Driven Back to Eden
9
His voice was soft, deep, resonant, sharpened by an accent she didn't know.
Prince Lestat
10
His finesse, sharpened by the grindstone of adversity, has become mischievous.
The Lerouge Case
11
A gentleman of the nineteenth century, sharpened by trade, can easily do that.
A Perilous Secret
12
Thine anguish was great, but it was never sharpened by remorse like mine.
Windsor Castle
13
Her genius was sharpened by perpetual devices, and cunning was her great resource.
The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
14
His voice was deep, slow, sharpened by that indefinable Eastern accent.
Prince Lestat
15
With his wits sharpened by his danger, Bippo displayed admirable discretion.
The Land of Mystery
16
Virginia's ears, sharpened by suffering, catch the dreary tone of the concluding words.
Tales from Many Sources, Vol. V
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United Kingdom
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