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Example sentences for "sharper"

Lexicographically close words:
sharpened; sharpener; sharpeneth; sharpening; sharpens; sharpers; sharpest; sharpie; sharping; sharply
  1. A longer call-note, of sharper quality, queee, may be as readily imitated, altho its meaning in the bush is uncertain.

  2. I thought you was sharper than to be took in by him!

  3. And next, because I can tell with folks a deal sharper than him, even to which side of 'em the pocket is they've got what they wants to hide in, by the way they moves their head and their hands.

  4. Already the sharper rattle of musketry broke out on the hills south of the Saar, and the projectiles fell fast in the little river, beyond which the single spire of Saarbrück rose, capped with the smoke of exploding shells.

  5. You are safe in the beautiful heaven, "Elizabeth, aged nine;" But before you went you had troubles Sharper than any of mine.

  6. Straight-Horns has been against a bush sharper than the thorn!

  7. Thou canst have no difficulty in admitting that thou art comely, since the eye itself will support thy belief; nor can one of so quick speech fail to know that her wit is sharper than common.

  8. No sharper weapon of defense will be required against the wrongs which afflict the South.

  9. As a skilled laborer it will take time for the race to make a mark, because here he will meet with sharper competition.

  10. His only answer was to give sharper orders against conspirators.

  11. Moreover, the sharper argument was urged with great practical effect, that the Papal State might shake off the papal dominion if the Pontiffs did not look after it themselves.

  12. As for him--And then his desire took sharper shape, and he discovered that that was the very thing he wanted her to do.

  13. A sharp double knock at the door, and a sharper "Get a move on yerself, Joe!

  14. By pressing at still smaller intervals it is possible to produce sharper curves of reasonable truth, but I find the rails on such curves work smoother and wear better if bent with the roller machine.

  15. Do not set me upon chanting my lament about the latter: it might have a sharper sound than yours.

  16. At its extremity were inserted two deadly stings, sharper than the sharpest steel.

  17. And still sharper and more cruel were his claws; so cruel and ravenous, that all they touched, and all they drew within their reach, suffered certain destruction.

  18. Here he grew slower, more biting, sharper and harder of face.

  19. Then the dark gleam that was his face took shape, grew sharper and clearer.

  20. What could be seen of his features appeared sharper than usual, as if the inner virulence, the dark hidden passions smoldering in his breast had at length stamped their impression on the outer man.

  21. If in the ordinary category of skittle sharper or thimblerigger," with a suspicion of mild scorn, "then I do not imagine your ladyship would find much attraction in the present cargo.

  22. The second day on the floating bow, he brooded a great deal; the sharper pangs of hunger assailed him; he grew desperately impatient, the distance to the island decreased so gradually.

  23. For the inner stress and combat had been sharper than he knew.

  24. Yet her ordeal had been sharper than his own.

  25. But other times--evenings and Sundays--it came back sharper than ever.

  26. Two cuts over the arm and shoulder, a good deal sharper than need be, fairly roused Roy.

  27. But when a cheat or sharper is permitted standing room that he may pursue his common avocation, which is to cheat and plunder the unwary public, the matter assumes a slightly different complexion.

  28. It is the ignorance of the green young man from the country as regards the wicked ways of London, that enables the skittle sharper to fleece him with ease and completeness.

  29. As yet, therefore, nothing was lost to the Central Empires; only a difficulty had been created which would serve as a welcome foil to impart sharper relief to Prince Bülow's certain victory.

  30. When he later discovered that his parents tinted life with a very perishable dye, he also found, set below their cheap calico patterns, an unchangeable texture of sharper and deeper and more variegated colours.

  31. Tale of Mahmud the Persian and the Kurd Sharper e.

  32. The Sharper replied, "O my lord, the Linkman is in the presence; but send and fetch him who brought thee the colt and of him make enquiry.

  33. Hereat the Sultan took thought and marvelled; then, summoning the Sharper he said to him when present, "O man, thy speech is true and thou art indeed a genealogist in horseflesh and thou wottest it well.

  34. Then the Sharper came forward and said, "O my lord, thou art a son of shame and an issue of adultery.

  35. So the King glanced at him in surprise and said to himself, "A sharper yet he claimeth an astounding knowledge!

  36. He only splashed and shook himself, scattering a very geyser of salt water on the tugging boys, and barked louder and sharper still as if he were doing his best to talk.

  37. They are generalities, and we should like, in view of what has to be told, something sharper and more detailed.

  38. You'll be sharper than I if you can guess what it's meant for.


  39. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sharper" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    adventurer; bettor; carpetbagger; cheat; conk; crimp; fraud; gambler; mountebank; pettifogger; piker; player; plunger; shark; sharp; sharper; shyster; skin; slicker; speculator; spieler; sport; sportsman; swindler; thief; tinhorn; tipster; tout; trickster