The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp. From LearnThat.org. [Terry Pratchett, British humorist. (1948-) From The Light Fantastic.]
A sharp knife. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A sharp blow. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
sharp criticism. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A sharp pain. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
C sharp. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A sharp photographic image. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A sharp drop in the stock market. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Schiller, which he called sharp and biting, while he called his own innocent and trivial. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes] Reference
And, yes, we've seen her taking increasingly, what they call sharp, but we can call negative tone about Barack Obama. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2008] Reference
I don’t think the word sharp is in anyone’s vocabulary in this gym tonight. From Wordnik.com. [Cheer!] Reference
On Sunday night, Mussina was sharp from the start. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Perfect game just beyond Mussina's reach] Reference
The woman gave her message in short, sharp sentences. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Taboo] Reference
The air-raid siren sounded again in short sharp blasts. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
Now the whistle sounded steadily, in short, sharp blasts. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise] Reference
And I won't say not a word sharp to her; -- not now, Mr. Fenwick. From Wordnik.com. [The Vicar of Bullhampton] Reference
USATODAY. com - Khabibulin sharp as World All-Stars rally for win. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Khabibulin sharp as World All-Stars rally for win] Reference
Kahlan was lying on her side, her breath coming in short, sharp pants. From Wordnik.com. [Temple of the Winds]
The 5-7, 165-pound May stood in sharp contrast to Woods, at 6-2 and 180. From Wordnik.com. [May may be known now] Reference
Hewitt's loss was in sharp contrast to his girlfriend's first-round result. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Hewitt humbled in Wimbledon opener; Roddick cruises on] Reference
Clijsters said she would have to be sharp from the start against Sharapova. From Wordnik.com. [Clijsters clips Hingis, joins Sharapova in Aussie semifinals; Nadal out] Reference
Her breath came in short, sharp shudders, as if she were running out of air. From Wordnik.com. [Guernica Magazine] Reference
He wasn't sharp from the start, needing 54 pitches to labor through two innings. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Scores] Reference
They spoke to each other in short, sharp sentences, knowing there was no time to lose. From Wordnik.com. [The Shuttle] Reference
Then a voice rang far clearer, as if issuing from the tube, in short, sharp sentences. From Wordnik.com. [What's Bred in the Bone] Reference
The Suns were simply too sharp from the floor and blew the game back open in the fourth. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
But Turco was sharp from the outset against Atlanta, benefiting from the All-Star break. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
The three men in the pilot house began to talk in short, sharp sentences, low and earnestly. From Wordnik.com. [The Gilded Age A tale of today] Reference
He was almost exhausted and his breath came in short, sharp gasps which cut him like knives. From Wordnik.com. [The Alchemist's Secret] Reference
Meet the Vivian Girls, a harmonizing pop-punk trio from Brooklyn who trade in short, sharp songs. From Wordnik.com. [AltWeeklies.com Site Feed] Reference
He did not scream, but he was hyperventilating rapidly, gasping in short, sharp intakes of breath. From Wordnik.com. [Lost And Found]
The girl's breath came in short, sharp gasps, but she managed to control her voice as she murmured. From Wordnik.com. [Little Lost Sister] Reference
"Drop those guns!" came in short, sharp syllables and perfect German from the lips of the newcomer. From Wordnik.com. [Out of Time's Abyss] Reference
The tendons of his neck stood out as tense as whip-cords, and his breath came in short, sharp gasps. From Wordnik.com. [The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians] Reference
Suggs summoned the commander of his force of "metropolitan" police and in short sharp tones gave his orders. From Wordnik.com. [The Traitor: A Story of the Fall of the Invisible Empire] Reference
Releasing Stella, he turned to the white figures gathered in an excited group and in short sharp accents said. From Wordnik.com. [The Traitor: A Story of the Fall of the Invisible Empire] Reference
'He works methodically in short sharp bursts and is even being put on webcam by CBS as he puts his art to paper.'. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
The desert was undulating here, rising and falling in short, sharp declivities that made a wide outlook impossible. From Wordnik.com. [The Sheik] Reference
There is the answer to the world's cry in short, sharp, succinct lines; compact as a biblical phrase; and as meaningful. From Wordnik.com. [Giant Hours with Poet Preachers] Reference
It shrieked in short, sharp yells, made up of a dozen distinct noises, each one louder and more insistent than the other. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Betty Across the Water] Reference
Every personage is made to live; they speak in short, sharp sentences like the powerful lines of a great master's drawing. From Wordnik.com. [Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life] Reference
They breathed hard and quick -- through their noses at first, but presently, and of necessity, in short sharp gasps from the chest. From Wordnik.com. [Carette of Sark] Reference
Yet this very thing, the missing of the clinging arms about her neck, sometimes made her heavy heart vent itself in short, sharp words. From Wordnik.com. [Tip Lewis and His Lamp] Reference
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