Intelligent, smart and capable of taking advantage of a situation.
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Examples for "sharp "
Examples for "sharp "
1 The new measures follow a sharp increase in cases in recent days.
2 Hard; sheep or goat; blue-veined; sharp ; tangy; from Tigne Valley in Savoy.
3 Semisoft; white; creamy; sharp ; historic since the time of the Merovingian kings.
4 Late yesterday, the recent sharp volatility of the New York market continued.
5 Local media have reported sharp divisions within the government on the issue.
1 This demands quite a bit of hard work, not to say cunning .
2 Perhaps, by sheer nerve and animal cunning , you'll survive for a year.
3 There was no cunning in the speech: it was the simple truth.
4 Money and power and privilege run the Beautiful Game - and cunning .
5 Though cunning in many ways, the opossum is singularly simple in others.
1 A slanted but shrewd look at another side of today's refugee crisis.
2 The Congolese attacking midfielder was a shrewd acquisition from Free State Stars.
3 But shrewd observers agree he remains the most likely victor in November.
4 Jesu, he knows how to provoke.' He gave me a shrewd look.
5 Frodo said nothing: the shrewd guesses of the farmer were rather disconcerting.
1 She must be the sly one, all right, with that innocent look.
2 Like you. A sly look my way, as if expecting a response.
3 The sly approaches, the astute negotiations, the lying and the circumventing .
4 That maid said she bought it on the sly all the time.
5 But I will remember him for his sly , cheeky sense of humour.
1 However, the objective of any astute business person is to make money.
2 Respect the decision of astute young trainer James Cummings to press on.
3 Instead, a torture far more astute than physical pain had been applied.
4 The sly approaches, the astute negotiations, the lying and the circumventing .
5 Though he, an astute student of history, at least respected the past.
6 Hannah is quite interested in private equity, because she's very financially astute .
7 After all, that's what an astute manager of personnel resources does, right?
8 The value of astuteness is that it protects us from the astute .
9 On the French side, Charles V proved to be an astute monarch.
10 Why he can win: Purchased specifically for this race by astute buyers.
11 Then a sudden light flashed across the astute mind of the countess.
12 But the judgment of people involved with the film had been astute .
13 Then the really astute placer has a chance to demonstrate his efficiency.
14 Possibly because they were too astute to be taken in by themselves.
15 But the astute Cardinal judged that he could safely ignore the threat.
16 All the astute lawyer wanted was the effect produced by his request.
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