sharpen

" Li Bai laughed loudly: " How could such a thick rod be sharpened into a delicate embroidery needle?

hatchets , knives , bayonets , swords , all brought to be sharpened , were all red with it.

This makeshift knife is simply a piece of metal sharpened with a sandstone, but it may turn out to be extremely.

It seems that they might have used sharpened stone tools to cut up the animals and remove their skin.

Ads, political campaigns, and spam have sharpened the art of persuasion and given it a quantitative edge.

As a result of his finding the photograph, Marcial's senses seem to have sharpened.

They set up a sharpened stake in the square beside the harbour, stripped the hapless hero naked and lowered him on to it.

suppose you were to handle an item like this, couldn't you perhaps pick up vibrations from the person who sharpened the item. . .

In the darkness of the night, if he sharpened it, it had the light of fire like fireworks displaying down into the water.

Maradona enjoyed a honeymoon period at the start of his coaching reign before the knives began to be sharpened.

When a pencil is sharpened, the pencil needs to be contacted with the cutting edge and broached back and forth along the guiding groove.

We juggle between the sharpening of the different knifes, and in the end, not one knife is sharpened enough to be deemed useful.

a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) toward the enemy.

the best method was to start from the center and work outward with a sharpened pencil , creating layers of complication.

In its default settings the Pentax produces over sharpened and a little oversaturated images with visible artifacts and jagged diagonals .

I open a new layer and start to sketch with some thin brushes, as though drawing with a sharpened pencil.

Then, dismayed and wrong-footed by Mr Mubarak's defiant refusal to stand down on Thursday night, President Obama sharpened his tone.

It has sharpened my longing for you and our sweet and peaceful home.

The next generation yielded yellow orbs with a misty horizon, the next, sharpened waves with a horizon of blue.

His grim face was framed by elaborate tattoos, and his sharpened teeth were revealed with the parting of his slit lips.

A scream like an old knife sharpened into nothing.

At last, the job was done. The ax was sharpened to a fine edge that gleamed in the sunlight. The boy proudly handed it to the man.

the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture.

I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils. . . . . . if I knew your name and address.

Improved housing has also contributed to a sharpened sense of aesthetics.

The wind had got up again, and seemed sharpened by the thin sunlight.

Re-sharpen face by same angle which would be kept by single disposable chopstick. Back side should be re-sharpened by more acute angle.

His friend looked serious and asked, "When was the last time you sharpened your axe? "

With a modest outlay here, the Pentagon has dealt a blow to Islamist radicals and sharpened the skills of an ally.

America has yet to get behind these proposals, but a sharpened Security Council could mitigate the emerging world's objections to UN reform.

GUARD pulls a sharpened screwdriver out of a mattress, shoots a nasty look at the CON responsible.

To their sharpened minds it was easy to conjure pictures of all kinds of incompetency and blindness and indeed, cowardice.

Sharpened intonation was immediately obvious and soon became a serious detriment to the general quality of the music.

Sharp, flat or natural signs may be placed next to numerals to indicate that these intervals themselves should be sharpened or flattened.

More subjects, more types, easily sharpened, interest becoming the focus are the new features of community contradictions and disputes.

They assembled on a certain day to carry out their purpose, and sharpened their horns for the contest.

awareness of. . . This incident have sharpened public awareness of the economic crisis.

So all Israel went down to the Philistines to have their plowshares, mattocks , axes and sickles sharpened.

For the first purpose it is seldom mounted with a sharp "Point of War" and never sharpened for the purpose of recreating a medieval joust.

All of the weapons were scary, but there was something especially unnerving about the sharpened ruler and the deadly ladles.

This trend sharpened in the last decade as the sector strained to drive up its profitability.

My love for gems intensified as my concept of color theory sharpened.

He drummed the edge of his seat with his sharpened pencil , and clicked his teeth .

Moreover, because university period holds the post of the student in the class and grade to lead, I sharpened individual ability enormously.

Fortunately [sustaining focus for a long period of time] can be acquired and sharpened through training.

eg. Their years in parliament had sharpened their wits and made them adept at insinuation.

Perhaps it was those early experiences that sharpened my appetite for exploring the unknown and seeking solutions.

The haughty voices of the Cannon sharpened the indignation of the international community against aggression.

Coffee became popular with scholars as it sharpened the mind rather than dulled it like alcohol.

But after Mr Zuma made him the government's spokesman, his comments have sharpened differences in the party.

With the rapidly increase of pesticide requirement, the conflict between pesticide and environment is sharpened.

Take 3 or 4 sharpened soft-lead (No. 2 or HB) pencils and a good eraser. Pencils and erasers will not be supplied at the center.

Opinions can be cultivated, sharpened and hardened, and most actions are based on this principle of like and dislike.

Belgian Post, in which CVC Capital Partners, a private-equity firm, took a large stake in 2006, has also sharpened up its performance.

In addition, the researchers found evidence of a sophisticated early human society that used sharpened flakes of stone.

He wears his officer's cap at an angle, jaunty, and picks his teeth with a sharpened goose quill .

The financial crisis has sharpened fears of what Americans often see as another potential threat.

Her voice sharpened as she became impatient.

A blunt knife may be sharpened on a stone, but if a man is stupid there is no hope for his stupidity .

Instruments have brought colour to the study of institutions, and sharpened the debate over colonialism, without really resolving it.

needle (with eyes), whether or not sharpened or polished, of steel.

A thin, sharpened side, as of the blade of a cutting instrument.

blade means the flat-edged cutting part of a sharpened weapon or tool.

All these activities have sharpened my interpersonal skills and will benefit me for life.

Fine blades which can be easily changed and used repeatedly after being sharpened.

But he was not selling comforts to the credulous. He believed that numbers sharpened debate.

Social conflicts tend to be sharpened during the period of social transition.

Sharp, flat or natural signs placed below the bass without other numbers indicate a sharpened or flattened third in the chord above it.

In the end, he sharpened the knife into a small and smart dagger.

But they acknowledge that the recession has sharpened interest in generating revenue.

Herd safety came with sharpened senses. Growing big was another answer, but size always comes at a price.

Women are strange and incomprehensible, a device invented by Providence to keep the wit of man well sharpened by constant employment.

The donkey later came back and dealt out some sharpened-hoof Donkey Justice to the farmer who tried to bury him.

Studying in Australia taught Su more than how to sing like a Western pop star . Those years also sharpened his character.

The victim was hoisted above the pyramid and slowly lowered, crotch first, onto its sharpened pinnacle.

The seizure of American hostages in Iran sharpened the pain of national humiliation.

The Afars' hostility to outsiders is sharpened by their determination to defend their salt monopoly.

Thus the fracture likely initiated from fatigue sharpened cracks originating from slag and void in the plug welds.

It sharpened the poetic sensibility of two generations.

Quill pens were most popular for their flexibility and ability to be sharpened to extreme fineness.

Customers sometimes foolishly test his handiwork by touching the sharpened edge.

A plane consists of a sharpened steel blade that is held at a fixed angle in a steel or wood body.

Behind these sharpened conflicts lies something still more troubling.

One day, while he was shaving with a straight razor that was so worn it could no longer be sharpened, the idea came to him.

From the depths of the wilderness they come, with sharpened claws and vengeful rage.

Our minds are sharpened and our convictions are deepened through conversation.

Improved security ring and sharpened knife design to enhance the safety of machinery.

The saleswoman raised an eyebrow skeptically; her voice sharpened.

As the situation sharpened, he saw his opportunity to gain the chief power in Italy.

Son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the LORD. ' Say, 'A sword, a sword sharpened And also polished!

and , having opened his big register , the geographer sharpened his pencil.

Have all the materials you need: pen, sharpened pencil, paper, etc.

My hearing is sharpened, and the very seeing of the flowers, the trees, and those mountains with snow, makes me feel I am part of them.

The room was sparsely furnished with the barest of essentials: scrap paper, several sharpened pencils and uncomfortable-looking chairs.

He saw a piece of wood that he had sharpened the prior afternoon.

He lost weight, sharpened his suits and ditched his old-fashioned horn-rimmed glasses.

INSIDER TRICK: Always use a freshly sharpened eye pencil when lining the inner rims of eyes.

Tell how you developed or sharpened a key characteristic -- and the results achieved.

When she returned home, Zeng Zi sharpened his knife and set about to kill the pig .

The workshop where saws are sharpened. It's quite loud inhere, so they work with earphones.

Meanwhile, the group has sharpened its marketing messages, with the help of some design tweaks.

Idealism was sharpened by feelings of guilt over earlier ethical lapses.

They dig for vegetables with sharpened sticks and eat their food off banana leaves.

But he saw nothing, save peaks of rock that were sharpened like needles.

The disease had sharpened my senses - not destroyed - not dulled them.

At last, the dagger body was sharpened away. Only the holder left.

At the same time, the school sharpened its professional focus by allowing students to submit a full-length feature film as a thesis project.

But analysts say this year's tit-for-tat exchange has been sharpened by Beijing's crackdown on dissent.

Standard length HB, no eraser, already sharpened.

Generations of urban living sharpened their wits.

Turns out Dad noticed the problem yesterday and sharpened them.

Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states have sharpened their criticism.

The anxiety has been sharpened by the incipient mining boom.

You will be far better off with plain, rustable, carbon steel knives that can be sharpened quickly on a butcher's steel.

In the cold, dark night before the battle. When the steely fangs of evil are sharpened and points to strike.

The old China government in any ages not only solved the problem but sharpened the peoples suffering.

As adjustments were made and the focus sharpened, NASA analysts couldn't believe their eyes.

The knives are sharpened regularly.

Thus, at every dawn as the day hasn't broken, he sharpened the knife by the river in the village east.

eg: Our completive edge is sharpened by adapting product mix to customer needs.

Someone slips a sharpened nail into Trumpet's hands.

The soldiers sharpened up their knives.

No wonder you can't cut the wood, that chisel you're using hasn't been sharpened properly for years.

His breath sharpened as the words blurred.

They also made tools of bones and sharpened stones.

A knife will rust if not sharpened regularly.

I had deliberately sharpened some points for their consumption.

I would send you a bouqet of newly sharpened pencils if knew your name and address.

He sharpened sticks and twigs to make pens.

In order to save ammunition, executions were often carried out using hammers, axe handles, spades or sharpened bamboo sticks.

a sharpened knife cuts more cleanly.

Knives get rusty when not sharpened.

The knives are sharpened every week.

Through this work, I have honed my scientific skills and sharpened my analytical mind.

The walk has sharpened my appetite.

All of the pencils are sharpened.

How are knives sharpened?

The knives will be sharpened soon.

His wits sharpened even he's older.

The debate sharpened when she joined in it.

Building laths cut in half and sharpened on one end make satisfactory stakes.

I hear the swish of the sword that is being sharpened to cut off a suitor's head.

The food crisis of the past 18 months has sharpened worries about how to feed the teeming slums.

Sure. I just sharpened her this morning.

he sharpened strong stakes, hardening them in its heat, and set them around his house as a defence from his enemies;

The pencil is being sharpened , so, it can not be used now.

The reform of the reform, gorbachev has sharpened conflicts, discrete popular;

Discussion on Sharpness, Sharpened-ability and Self-sharpening Performance of Cutters

Sharpened work focus through clearer understanding of the work, time, and resources required to achieve the project objectives

Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah: Say, A sword, a sword, it is sharpened, and also furbished;

The following photos show that with proper technique, even the sharpened

For the Testers of Sharpened Milling Cutter

Ten years of trade talks have sharpened divisions, not smoothed them

Sharpened for ten years with its blade cold,