How To Use Sharply In A Sentence

The results were disastrous, plunging the country into deep depression, with high unemployment, sharply falling living standards and serious political unrest.
She tugged sharply on his sleeve to get his attention, then gestured to the tin. THE DEVIL'S DOOR
The disciplines of science and engineering are not always sharply separated.
Blue chip issues were sharply higher, but the rest of the market actually declined slightly by the end of the day.
He was sharply perceptive and had an earthy, sly humour which put an edge on his nice irony.

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While I am sharply critical of American unilateralism and realpolitik masquerading as the defence of liberty, at times I find our own moralizing irritating.
Unemployment rates for railroad conductors, logging workers and metalworkers fell sharply — seven percentage points or more — in 2010 while jobless rates among construction laborers and roofers rose, according to new data from the Labor Department. Manufacturing, Logistics See Job Gains
Now the economy is teetering on the brink of recession, stocks are down sharply and the Fed has stated that rates will remain ultralow well into the future. Not Dead Yet: What to Do With Your Bets on Rising Rates
The two sides remain sharply polarised, and periodic attempts to bridge the wide gulf between them have fizzled out.
This came from the xray: One finding not mentioned above, is of a 3.6 x 5. 6CM sharply marginated sclerotic rimmed area in left proximal femur, near lesser trochanter. Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
The unemployment rate plunged sharply.
I'm a bleeder, someone just has to speak to me sharply and I'm gushing pints, so no blood means hopefully no big deal.
The fighting in the area has intensified sharply.
She took the pupil up sharply when he had a slip of the tongue.
Since then theatre and cinema owners claim that attendances have declined sharply. Times, Sunday Times
The bus swung sharply to the left.
It was natural that writers interested in medieval history and culture should react sharply to the deni - gration of their period by Burckhardt and scores of lesser men. IDEA OF RENAISSANCE
During an earlier scene of cooperative fruit picking with Cambodian and Laotian refugees, we are offered an opportunity to meditate on a pan-Asian Thailand of agrarian-pastoral well-being, and a move away from the tense border security of the 70s when refugees from Cambodia and Laos led Thailand to turn sharply to the right. Michael Vazquez: ON THE 48TH ANNUAL NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL
Their reaction contrasts sharply with the stiff upper lip of the English.
Seigi saw Drew glance at him sharply, putting two and two together, but the bowman pretended he hadn't seen the look, and continued to watch Lillandra.
After the business failed, he had to draw in his horns pretty sharply.
Inflation advanced sharply during the 1980s.
The amount of money protected if your bank or building society collapses drops sharply. Times, Sunday Times
The handle was just a sharply carved crescent moon shape, crudely cut from a tarnishing piece of bronze.
The lorry swerved sharply to avoid the child.
The only time we sharply disagreed was over the children's education.
‘No’ she said sharply ‘but there is no reason for me to talk to brainless dimwits like you, I am after all your prisoner’ she said, and she scowled.
Mr. Geary looked at her sharply, but she said the name glibly, and Marjorie at Seacote
I was bobbing along in my father-in-law's small yacht with my wife and small baby when we were attacked by a jet-skier who raced at us at high speed before turning sharply, sending a wall of water over us in the boat.
He turned sharply racing through on goal only to be pulled down just short of the penalty area.
In Martin Hengel's judgment ‘there is hardly one logion of Jesus which more sharply runs counter to law, piety, and custom’.
They were in good wind now, and sent him slap up to the ceiling first time, against which his knees came rather sharply. Tom Brown's Schooldays
The Japanese language includes sharply divergent styles of speech for men and women.
This form of spectatorship contrasts sharply with the interactive performances found in rural villages where most of these maskers normally appear.
One Friday afternoon, en route to the medieval rectory that served as the family's country home, Javier suddenly veered sharply right upon hearing I'd never had horchata de chufa , a sweet milk made from tiger nuts. A Fish Tale
Blue-chip stocks fell sharply yesterday, as nervy investors caught sight of more gloomy economic data on the US horizon.
In Haptodus the canines are not sharply set off from the other dentition.
The anterior and posterior portions of the corpus callosum curve sharply downwards to form its genu and splenium, respectively.
Then, something making her turn her head sharply to the big bed with its red moreen curtains hanging straightly down beside its four carved posts, her eyes met the wide open eyes of the man lying there. Mrs. Day's Daughters
It essentially mediated between the sharply contrasting views of the other eight justices, who divided equally on the issue of quotas.
In the morning, he sharply criticized Jones for maverick marketing policies and accused him of trying to tear down the league.
“I daresay,” agreed Lady Armitage, more sharply, but her expression mellowed into thoughtfulness. The Blackstone Key
I moved sharply away, my clothes swishing with my movement.
Srebrenica sits in a long narrow valley with wooded slopes rising sharply on either side.
Here in that contrast, the antithesis between the interests of Consumers' and Producers' Co-operation is sharply presented.
At some point we made our way to a sharply ascending tree-covered bank.
T's so-called postpaid net subscriber growth, which fell sharply in the first quarter from a year earlier, continued to lag in the second quarter, underscoring the difficulties of the wireless industry's most lucrative source of income. AT
Manufacturing fell sharply under the impact of the recession.
One proposed change would return to the police the power to ban peaceful demonstrations, while another would sharply limit privacy rights.
Just to underline this, temperatures rose sharply last week. Times, Sunday Times
The other species which yield buchu are _B. serratifolia_, having linear-lanceolate sharply serrulate leaves, and _B. betulina_, the leaves of which are cuneate-obovate, with denticulate margins. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
The Fisheries Agency also expressed concern that China has sharply increased its harvesting of bigeye tuna by reflagging ships so that they do not come under catch quota restrictions.
The mountain was sharply defined against the sky.
Oil prices reacted sharply to news of the crisis in the Middle East.
EMA drops sharply with speed in elephants, as it does in humans. Tingilinde:
In the metamorphosed Thunderhead Sandstone it was found that at the staurolite isograd, the boundary between the garnet and staurolite zones, the mineral chlorite disappears from the rocks and muscovite decreases sharply, whereas staurolite appears and biotite becomes more abundant. Ken Miller in Cleveland: WEBCAST ARCHIVE URLS - The Panda's Thumb
One of the captains looked sharply at him, eyeing him up.
His politics have moved sharply to the right.
The prices of jute, potato, soyabean, cashew nut, pepper, rubber, green tea leaves, coconut, groundnut and coffee have fallen sharply.
The suns' rays beat sharply on the maiden's back and a light wind breathed through the folds of her outfit.
My parents' obvious aging, brought sharply before me instead of gradually as the last few years had passed, when I'd seen them every day, was a staggering shock.
Income from transmitting data files via wireless has increased sharply. Times, Sunday Times
When Gore was the Democratic front-runner for the presidential election, his satellite drew a sharply mixed reaction.
the new style of Minoan pottery was sharply defined
A shanked clearance from the City shot-stopper then saw Tait close in on goal, only for Chris Brass to recover sharply and force the Rovers' striker wide and to safety.
You can be expedient at the same time, and practical," Womble said sharply. A DAY'S LODGING
At the core of these is the economic slowdown in China, where the central bank sharply and unexpectedly devalued its currency last week. Times, Sunday Times
The executive jet settled on its main wheels and braked sharply as the thrust-reverse and spoilers were deployed.
Computers traditionally talk to each other over phone lines, which have sharply limited capacity compared with cable.
She sat still for a few seconds as Gabby dug a sharply edged eyeliner pencil into her top eyelid.
It broke sharply and satisfyingly, like good peanut brittle.
Just to underline this, temperatures rose sharply last week. Times, Sunday Times
In the metamorphosed Thunderhead Sandstone it was found that at the staurolite isograd, the boundary between the garnet and staurolite zones, the mineral chlorite disappears from the rocks and muscovite decreases sharply, whereas staurolite appears and biotite becomes more abundant. Ken Miller in Cleveland: WEBCAST ARCHIVE URLS - The Panda's Thumb
It is clear from the graph that sales have dropped sharply.
It's a genre in which sweeping narratives somehow manage to unspool through tiny but highly specific movements like a sharply bowed finger or a knowing lift of the brow. Priyadarsini Govind and Nrityagram Dance Ensemble offer intense Indian dance
His words sharply punctuated, delivered in coarse staccato. 365 tomorrows » 2007 » August : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
He has sharply escalated his profile in recent weeks, however, by invoking India's Gandhian tradition of fasting to evince political change. India's Anti-Corruption Leaders Renew Government Pressure
He has spoken sharply to Mr Dach about it and has received his assurance that such a thing will never happen again.
He wants them to consider new ways of farming that sharply reduce sheep numbers and so promote wildlife. Times, Sunday Times
In the central and eastern parts of the range, the northern margin is also sharply defined, but separates bedrock from glacial and alluvial sediments or bedrock inliers.
The Southern Dissected Ridges and Knobs contain more crenulated, broken, or hummocky ridges, compared to the smoother, more sharply crested sandstone ridges of 67h. Ecoregions of Alabama and Georgia (EPA)
It will sharply boost military spending, reorder budgetary priorities, and put constraints on discretionary spending for other programs.
The roof of the house pitches sharply.
He skidded to a halt in front of Damin and Tarja, turning his mount sharply to avoid barrelling them over. TREASON KEEP
Parts and accessories sales declined sharply, reversing an earlier trend.
He releases it, slides it deftly back into the paper, examines it again by the loupe, now lets it squirm in his palm, light reflecting sharply.
Wulfgar looked at her sharply and wondered if he had detected a note of bitterness in her tone. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
Success is possible but so is failure, so you are urged to keep your wits sharply honed.
He pinched me sharply on the arm.
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The central bank's decision to sharply raise its rediscount rate is aimed at encouraging banks to hold more funds, after it said it wants to cut credit growth to less than 20% and limit money supply expansion to less than 16% this year," said an analyst with Hanoi-based Agribank. Vietnam Raises Key Interest Rates
Her brown hair was sharply cut off below her chin and swung freely around matching brown eyes encircled by tanned skin.
In late morning trading on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average fell sharply, down 115.09 at 10,380.19.
At one point, prior to descanting on conservatism with a small ‘c’, she says sharply, ‘Don't interrupt me during this bit ’, but I didn't really mind - it gave me time to eat.
I could see his white Nike shoes, his sharply creased trousers, the powerful veined forearms and blacksmith's hands, the fingers round and surprisingly short, like chipolatas.
The breast and belly are solid white, contrasting sharply with the rufous feathering on the legs.
For Beza in many places sharply contends that God, when predestinating and reprobating man, considers him, not as created, not as fallen, but as to be created, and he claims that this is indicated by the term "lump," used in Rom.ix. 21, and he charges great absurdities on those who hold different views. The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 3
The lorry swerved sharply to avoid the child.
The international media's attention was drawn sharply to a heavily tattooed Maori warrior, wearing nothing but a flax skirt (piupiu) with a black thong.
prices rose sharply
She swerved sharply to avoid a cyclist.
The gonia-that's the area beneath your ears where the jawbone turns upward-generally curve more sharply in an Asian jaw. Slate Magazine
The vehicle brakes sharply; husband and wife are jolted against each other. Times, Sunday Times
The effect of the lacrimatory factor can be sharply diminished by freezing the onion or submerging the onion in water (diluting the chemical, which is soluble in water) before cutting.
When you are overtaking another cyclist, call out if necessary and don't cut in too sharply. Times, Sunday Times
The cost of materials rose sharply last year. Accordingly, we were forced to increase our prices.
The core inflation measure made its debut in the early 1970s when the headline inflation rate was trending sharply upwards.
His death mask, which showed him to have had a sharply receding forehead, created problems for nineteenth century phrenologists since it ‘left no room for the organ of causality’.
Laser simulators have also sharply enhanced training realism for tank gunners and infantry small arms.
The latter are nearly a foot across, pedate, or palm-shaped; the segments or leaflets are sub-divided and of irregular form, but mostly ovate, lance-shaped, finely and sharply toothed, and of a dull green colour. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.
We've seen our house diminish greatly/sharply/substantially in value over the last six months.
He had become quite an old man since I had seen him last; his deeply furrowed, copper-coloured face stood out sharply against his white hair. Punin and Baburin
Remortgaging borrowers looking for a tracker but who would be concerned if rates started to rise sharply should now consider capped tracker deals or 'droplock' loans. Daily Financial News
The total housing benefit bill has soared since the 1990s as house prices and rents have increased sharply. Times, Sunday Times
The younger officer turned sharply on his heel to lead the new executive officer from the shuttle bay.
I knew next to nothing about Othello before this, and the single point that jumped out at me, given my peculiar interests, is that apart from the first act the whole thing is set on Cyprus, a place where interethnic fault lines remain sufficiently sharply drawn to keep me in business. Winters Tale follow-up
A relation between an increase in the ohmic resistance and the ohmic restriction resistance of a conducting plate with a sharply changing width is shown.
He nodded sharply, inadvertently tossing hair into his face.
The price of coal fell sharply.
The study found that the environmental impact of producing solar panels reduced sharply if more were made. Times, Sunday Times
Rather than stand in awe of his suppressed and frustrated creative forces I'm more inclined to tell him, sharply, to have a shower and a shave and put some clean clothes on, for goodness sake.
As new mines come on stream,[Sentence dictionary] Chile's share of world copper output will increase sharply.
The healthy export market for four-wheel-drive vehicles contrasts sharply with the rest of the slump-hit industry.
The United Kingdom sharply increased its volume of exports to the United States in the 1980s, when the dollar gyrated wildly.
Use of the laws has grown sharply in recent years. Times, Sunday Times
To the left (the statues on the right we have already seen on the previous picture to the left) on the baldachin St. Vitus (look sharply for his rooster) and on the volute St. Achatius (with Cross and crown of thorns). Catholic Bamberg: Vierzehnheiligen
If I have un petit faible (une faiblette?) for this language (languette?), if certain words are sweetly chouette, and certain sounds sharply shadowed comme une silhouette ... the cause for this might just be that little suffix ette! French Word-A-Day:
But despite this similarity, local government differs sharply among the five nations.
After some distance the trail rose sharply, and ended in a grassy glade atop a knoll.
Long-term research projects within companies will most likely be abandoned altogether or sharply reduced.
Simplifying income tax is an idea with wide appeal, and by abolishing special reliefs you could raise personal allowances sharply, taking low incomes out of tax altogether.
His politics moved sharply leftward.
Brothers Tim and David Dang have poured their proclivities for fanciful imaginings and arty doodles into a sharply drawn comic for kids, Brilliant Boy, about a handful of precocious tykes and their G-rated misadventures.
The ground tilted sharply downwards.
The price of avocados is set to rise sharply because of increased global demand. Times, Sunday Times
Blue chip issues were sharply higher, but the rest of the market actually declined slightly by the end of the day.
Attendance at Professor Smith's lecture fell off sharply that evening.
As a large-scale transcription of a movement from a viola da gamba sonata, Alissa Firsova's Allegro was a bright and multicoloured piece that attracted attention through its command of instruments used in breeze-block manner – sharply defined, if not exactly subtle. Proms 38 & 39: Bach Day
It was a most unattractive sound, and I had to speak to him quite sharply about it.
He wants them to consider new ways of farming that sharply reduce sheep numbers and so promote wildlife. Times, Sunday Times
In "Crystal Palace" (2002, revised 2011), in what he calls an ode to "digital interlace," he disassembles a landscape of majestic snow-wreathed conifers at Lake Tahoe (and, briefly, a red house) into sharply differentiated parts and visual planes, isolating these elements in a way that brings to mind the individual layers of a paper diorama. NYT > Home Page
After initial logarithmic progress growth plateaued sharply.
After a pause Alex said sharply: "I'm sorry if I've upset you".
She swerved sharply to avoid a cyclist.
Deploying his amazing deductive powers on crude earlier representations he elicited a likeness which the Emperor sharply recognised.
The gate handle clicked sharply and she drew aside the lace curtain.
Its widespread attraction contrasts sharply with those pet projects of the London-based chattering classes which have previously won Lottery millions.
Occasional collective efforts by prisoners to improve their lot have mostly been sharply put down.
This old-school argument for unquestioning and unrewarded obedience contrasts sharply with my claim that praise is more likely to function as a tool for imposing our will and eliciting compliance. Alfie Kohn: Criticizing (Common Criticisms of) Praise
The number of homicides in the city has risen sharply.
Tuberculous infection may result in vertebral collapse and a sharply angulated deformity (Pott's disease).
Sterling rose sharply against the dollar as concern persisted about American and European debt. Times, Sunday Times
Weege's draftmanship has a kind of precise naivete - an intentional primitivism that is at once accurate and sharply distorted.
The mountain was sharply defined against the eastern sky.
In breathless silence the little group of spectators watched his movements, and when, with sharply exhaled breath, he planted a crashing "facer" straight from the shoulder squarely upon the leathern disk they sprang eagerly forward to note the result. The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines
Their reaction contrasts sharply with the stiff upper lip of the English.
She pulled sharply on the reins.
She turned the wheel sharply to the left.
The aggressive end stage management of these patients sharply contrasted with the palliation of terminal cancer patients.
The encore, slinking along on what Sun Ra might have called a Nubian wavelength, featured Mr. Zorn and Mr. Potter in successive solos, both sharply riveting, both exuding authority. NYT > Home Page
The prices dropped sharply.
These tiny little birds, with short tails and sharply pointed bills, include only three species.
In the recent survey of Republican delegates, 59 percent said abortions should be sharply limited or banned altogether.
Beyond the hill, the land falls away sharply towards the river.
Eileen hiccuped --- quite unromantically --- turned her nose sharply into his cheek and then dropped her bag, heavily, onto his feet. BEHINDLINGS
Interest in commercial property funds, particularly from retail investors, has increased sharply in recent months as people look for safer havens away from equity markets.
The car swerved sharply to avoid the dog.
The glittering blue thigh had articulated sharply in the middle, shortening along its length and snapping the femur within.
A straddle is a bet on volatility, as it makes money if a market moves sharply either up or down. Threats Grow in Developing World
He looked as if he intended to say "pshaw" or "fiddlesticks" or something of that order, then changed his mind and looked up sharply. When Eight Bells Toll
To be sure, even among Christians, some of those we are calling lapsed are themselves the children of lapsed parents, but lapsing that is, nonattendance has risen very sharply across the generations. American Grace
Tactically, bear market rallies reward buyers of low quality stocks, which tend to be highly geared and react sharply to such short-lived momentum.
I'd hold on to that house for the time being; house prices are rising sharply at the moment.
The import of cotton goods went up sharply.
Yet the actual experience of bombing was sharply differentiated.
Beneath the swirling gray clouds a mass of sharply-peaked rooftops jutted up like a range of mountains.
These results contrast sharply with other medical tests carried out in Australia.
The police have been sharply criticized for their handling of the affair.
His light grey coat, sharply belted to accentuate his bulkiness above and below, is matched by his pearl tie-stud.
A loud whinny broke his thoughts, and Dirano's head turned sharply, and he saw a blur of a white horse, rearing and galloping towards him.
‘Oscar's far too old for rabbiting’ said George sharply, eyeing the flea-bitten beagle snoring in the corner of the room with distaste.
The women on the left are sharply defined but a pall of dust or smoke from a fire obscures the features of those on the right.
Their videos evoked a glamorous existence, globetrotting around tropical locations; they were sharply dressed; they went out with supermodels; their lead singer had nearly drowned in a yacht race.
A bugle and drum struck up, their rousing sounds sharply misplaced, and we marched across the wreckage of the walls. ANTI-ICE
In an era of sharply higher inflation and sluggish wages, those price increases will go down like a lead balloon. Times, Sunday Times
Opinions divide very sharply indeed on the question of whether Hanks is funny in the orotund, actor-manager-ish role of Dorr.
China is slowing down sharply and the eurozone is still stagnant. Times, Sunday Times
In the fourth section, those rifle-crack chords from the beginning return as sharply accented individual notes, from the string section, the xylophone — and the cello itself; Carter quietly warns against the dangers of an unexamined life. Archive 2008-07-01
Customer complaints dropped off sharply, as did the average cost of a typical call.
The ECB has been criticized in many quarters for not cutting interest rates as fast as the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, even though inflation is well below the «close to but below» 2 percent target and the economies in the euro zone are contracting sharply. Undefined
After the business failed, he had to pull in his horns pretty sharply.
His blood congealed, his heart putrefied and he knew he had to react sharply.
Police say both men got out of their cars after the attacker was forced to brake sharply. The Sun
Fingle Bridge four winding valleys meet; that is, the combe down which the river sweeps from above curves one way, and the narrow opening into which it disappears twists sharply round in another. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts
The dog threw his head back and barked sharply.
As the road bends sharply to the right, pass through the gate on the left signed Public Bridleway Route Diverted.
So am I correct in assuming then that you would argue that churches who have tax-exempt status (thus giving them “special treatment”) should be fored to admit all comers, even those who are sharply opposed to their religious mission? The Volokh Conspiracy » Enough with the Ridiculous Hyperbole!
The alienness of the planet that Hostetler and his patients inhabit is usually subtle, but at one point it is brought sharply into focus. Tides from the New Worlds: The Shackles of Freedom « A Working Title
The black frigatebirds, with their sharply angled wings, ride rising thermals, whereas the white albatrosses, with their long narrow wings, catch a lift on a cold gale.
The cliff drops sharply .

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