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Now, her wits were sharpened by the sense of his desperate state.
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Her wits sharpened by fear, she grasped Beverly's instructions with astonishing avidity.
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Dom felt it with senses sharpened by fifteen years of practice.
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The homespun jacket covered a natural shrewdness which had been sharpened by responsibility.
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And here would follow the inevitable reply, sharpened by bitter sarcasm:
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Her face was fragile and her features were sharpened by suffering.
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The listener's eyes, sharpened by anxiety, made out the figure of the woman.
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The children pounced upon the last with appetites sharpened by their morning's work.
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His voice was soft, deep, resonant, sharpened by an accent she didn't know.
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His finesse, sharpened by the grindstone of adversity, has become mischievous.
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A gentleman of the nineteenth century, sharpened by trade, can easily do that.
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Thine anguish was great, but it was never sharpened by remorse like mine.
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Her genius was sharpened by perpetual devices, and cunning was her great resource.
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His voice was deep, slow, sharpened by that indefinable Eastern accent.
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With his wits sharpened by his danger, Bippo displayed admirable discretion.
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Virginia's ears, sharpened by suffering, catch the dreary tone of the concluding words.
