knife-edged
Example Sentences
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First delivered to customers in 2023, Tesla’s stainless-skinned, knife-edged pickup went on to become about as popular as tetanus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
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
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
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