Crossword-Solution: SHARPENS
We have 9 clues for the answer “SHARPENS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Makes pointier | 1 answer |
| Makes pointier, as a pencil | 1 answer |
| Makes a point of | 2 answers |
| Whets | 2 answers |
| Hones | 2 answers |
| Gives an edge | 3 answers |
| Strops | 4 answers |
| Makes a point | 5 answers |
| Intensifies | 11 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TREEA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SHARPENS (5)
But come, fill a flagon, for it will crave some time to tune the harp; and nought pitches the voice and sharpens the ear like a cup of wine.
Puerile as such an exercise may seem, it sharpens the faculties of observation, and teaches one where to look and what to look for.
While her mother is bending over a large buffalo-hide stretched and pinned upon the ground, standing upon it and scraping off the fleshy portion as nimbly as a carpenter shaves a board with his plane, Winona, at five years of age, stands upon a corner of the great hide and industriously scrapes away with her tiny instrument! When the mother stops to sharpen her tool, the little woman always sharpens hers also.
Aylmer, with his eye set greedily on a possible bishopric, and “the better to obtain the favour of the new Queen,” {345b} sharpens his pen to confound Knox by logic.
How doth the Earth bring forth herbs, flowers, and fruits, both for physick and the pleasure of mankind! and above all, to me at least, the fruitful vine, of which when I drink moderately, it clears my brain, cheers my heart, and sharpens my wit.
Quotes with SHARPENS (3)
I mean, d'you know what eternity is? There's this big mountain, see, a mile high, at the end of the universe, and once every thousand years there's this little bird-""What little bird?" said Aziraphale suspiciously." This little bird I'm talking about. And every thousand years-""The same bird every thousand years?" Crowley hesitated. "Yeah," he said." Bloody ancient bird, then.""Okay. And every thousand years this bird flies-""-limps-""-flies all the way to this mountain and …
Get around people who are trying to make a difference in the world. Iron sharpens iron.
Nothing so sharpens the thought process as writing down one's arguments. Weaknesses overlooked in oral discussion become painfully obvious on the written page.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NYT, Universal, WSJ.
Used 9 times in crossword archives (1975–2021).