Examples of sharpen in a Sentence
Can you sharpen the image? The lecture sharpened my understanding of the topic. The outlines of the mountains sharpened as we got closer.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026 The campaign that year felt predictable — Obama was favored to win — but the political climate was sharpened by the Tea Party, a conservative grassroots movement within the Republican Party that sought to repeal Obamacare. —Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026 Your focus sharpens and tasks move faster as Mercury joins Mars in Aries in your 6th house. —Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026 As the Beatles began to splinter, Spitz writes, the Stones sharpened their focus. —Marc Ballon, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sharpen
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026 The campaign that year felt predictable — Obama was favored to win — but the political climate was sharpened by the Tea Party, a conservative grassroots movement within the Republican Party that sought to repeal Obamacare. —Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026 Your focus sharpens and tasks move faster as Mercury joins Mars in Aries in your 6th house. —Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026 As the Beatles began to splinter, Spitz writes, the Stones sharpened their focus. —Marc Ballon, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sharpen
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“Sharpen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/sharpen. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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sharpen
verb
sharp·en ˈshär-pən 
sharpened; sharpening ˈshärp-(ə-)niŋ
1
: to make or become sharp or sharper
sharpen a pencil
a better lens sharpened the image
pain that suddenly sharpened
2
: improve
sharpen one's skills
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