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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This system uses the company’s AI platform, which has been trained on millions of dental images, to sharpen blurry X-ray images and add color and other visualizations to more clearly highlight potential dental health issues.
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Alex Knapp, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Heff’s struggles with this art — not to mention his inert, unsuccessful attempts to get a girlfriend — only sharpened his image of himself as a beautiful failure.
—Mark Oppenheimer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
This transit sharpens your communication skills at work and encourages you to dig deeper into projects that require research or investigation.
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But a year of war has sharpened existing grievances among some sections of Israeli society.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2024
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Alex Knapp, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Heff’s struggles with this art — not to mention his inert, unsuccessful attempts to get a girlfriend — only sharpened his image of himself as a beautiful failure.
—Mark Oppenheimer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
This transit sharpens your communication skills at work and encourages you to dig deeper into projects that require research or investigation.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
But a year of war has sharpened existing grievances among some sections of Israeli society.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Sharpen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sharpen. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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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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