Fish and deer, friend, see us purblind sons of men somewhat more quickly than we see them, fear sharpening the senses.
Suddenly the sharpening of a scythe is heard outside--it must be the gardener preparing to mow the grass.
It was not the reaper Death who was sharpening his scythe, but the gardener.
In sharpening the pencil the inner face C may be made concave or at least vertical and flat, and the outer convex or else bevelled and flat, producing a fine and long edge rounded in its length of edge.
So when he had got them all safely the old man sat down on a bench before the cellar and began sharpening a knife.
And the wolf asked him: "Daddy, what are you sharpening your knife for?
The fox put out her little snout, and asked him: "Be so kind, dear daddy, as to tell me why you are sharpening your knife!
And the bear said to him: "Tell me, daddy, what are you sharpening your knife for?
Then he sat down, and began sharpening his knife again.
Then he sat down on the bench and again began sharpeninghis knife.
The hare now alone remained, and the old man began sharpening his knife on the hare's account.
To judge by what the fourth and fifth and sixth said, Palestine was in a state of scarcely suppressed rebellion, and every living Arab in the country was sharpening his sword in secret for the butchering of Zionists at the first opportunity.
Meanwhile, the Moslems are sharpening their swords against us from one end of this land to the other!
You have heard, perhaps, that Moslems are sharpening their swords for a reckoning with the Jews?
Wotan wassharpening his lance which had the lightning for its handle, the thunder for its blade.
Consideration of the great privations suffered by the adversary was sharpening his appetite to a monstrous capacity.
At three o'clock the cuckoo's call comes up from the distant meadows, together with the sound of the mower sharpening his scythe, for he likes to work while the dew is heavy on the grass, both for coolness and because it cuts better.
About an hour after he came to the edge of the bog, and what did he find Jack at but sharpening a carving knife, and the sheep standing or grazing round.
I am sharpening the knife, and I'll have the feet off every sheep in the flock while you'd be blessing yourself.
Nothing but danger about me, Danger behind and before, Death at wait in the heather In Appin and Mamore, Hate at all of the ferries And death at each of the fords, Camerons priming gunlocks And Camerons sharpening swords.
Sharpening harrow teeth, drawing out plow points and horseshoeing are about the heaviest forge jobs required in a farm blacksmith shop, so that a medium size forge will answer the purpose.
A 12-inch bastard file with a good handle is the most satisfactory implement for sharpening the cutting edges of a plow in the fields.
In practice the greatest freedom is obtained when the point extends but little beyond the thumb, but as some allowance must be made for repeated sharpening away on the oilstone, the half-inch extension is recommended.
A supply of boxwood, proofing ink, an oilstone for sharpening tools and some paper for taking proofs will be necessary.
On no account must the sharpening be done from the underneath or belly part of the tool.
About an hour after he came to the edge of the bog, and what did he find Jack at but sharpening a carving knife, and the sheep standing or grazing around.
That's what he calls, I suppose, sharpeninghis tools.
The sharpening of our cavalry swords, if still the same as in 1857, receives far too little attention.
Our steel scabbards again are a mistake for carrying sharp blades; and, in addition to this, I don't think our mounted branches who are armed with swords have proper appliances given to them for sharpening their edges.
At the sharpening note of her voice James Polder hurriedly proceeded with general facts.
Another point on which I wish to give my impressions is the act of the cat in what is termed "sharpening its claws.
The dull sound of sharpening those pencils was like the whetting of the executioner's knife.
The other reporters weresharpening their pencils and laying out their note books.
As Marcus looked up, and saw those practised scribes sharpening their pencils, his heart sank deeper within him.
During the afternoon I was under the half-deck, and perceived that he was sharpening a long clasp-knife upon the after-truck of the gun.
Jon sniffed its freshness, and stared at the bluebells in the sharpening light.
It would be just as sensible for you to strike because the Company did not send each of you ten cents' worth of ice-cream every Sunday morning, as it is for you to go out on this matter of sharpening tools.
You could not get this sharpening done at private shops so cheaply, and you cannot do it yourselves.
Some of these grooves were very deep, and as the Bushmen's arrow-heads were made of bone, the scores must have been the result of sharpening by many generations.
In the low, stone ledges surrounding the vley were to be seen grooves evidently caused by the sharpening of weapons.
The coarsest type of stone which can be included among hones is the bat or scythe stone, a porous fine-grained sandstone used for sharpening scythes and cutters of mowing machines, and for other like purposes.
It is one of the most valuable of all whetstones, abrading the hardest steel, and possessing sufficient compactness to resist the pressure required for sharpening gravers.
The boy's heart swelled with joy and pride; the artist in him, of another race than ours, realising and sharpening the situation, beyond the English measure.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sharpening" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
