A polite person would never go out of her way to embarrass an already embarrassed woman in front of the nation by making a sharp-worded stink about her. From Wordnik.com. [Statesman - AP Sports] Reference
And Goll loosened the covering that was about it, and he gave Fergus a good reward from it as he was used to do; for there never was a wise, sharp-worded poet, or a sweet harp-player, or any learned man of Ireland or of Alban, but Goll would give him gold or silver or some good thing. From Wordnik.com. [Gods and Fighting Men] Reference
The two held a short, sharp-worded conversation. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Badge of Courage] Reference
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