knife-edged
Example Sentences
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All of the characters have a flair for knife-edged quips, but Basil is a veritable font of them.
From Washington Post • Nov. 20, 2018
And while it clocks in at the requisite less-than-90 minutes, “Everyone’s Fine” doesn’t sustain the streamlined momentum and knife-edged discipline of the Elevator Repair Service at its best.
From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2018
There was always a knife-edged crease in his trousers and his shoes glittered.
From Time • Oct. 21, 2016
And the key to that was Coleman himself—his fleet but knife-edged phrasing and, still more, his tone: nakedly passionate, infused with note-bending blues.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2015
We had to haul the sledge up and over each knife-edged or fantastically corniced top, then slide her down, and up over the next one: for they never seemed to run parallel to our course.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
