hones
Example Sentences
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Even as China hones its formal sanctions toolkit, it still turns to informal methods when legal and political justification is thin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
Stretching and flapping their wings in the nest builds up muscle and hones balance, she said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025
Brotherhood further hones that portrayal by writing John as a man making the same uneasy bargain to reengage with strangers as the rest of us.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2025
But it’s in solitude where he hones the focus and intent to make a baseball go where he demands it to go with frightening consistency.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 19, 2024
All my energy now hones in on my task.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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