make acute

Example Sentences

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Lawyers remembered his ability to grasp complicated criminal law procedures and make acute strategy suggestions at his trials.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2019

Every natural influence conspired to make acute to me the warning whisper of my soul, which flashed the caution as I crossed the gang-plank, "Watch out!"

From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Lawson, Thomas William

Cultivated men and women, who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached to the duties, yet escape the harsher blows, make acute and balanced observers. 

From An Essay on comedy and the uses of the comic spirit by Meredith, George

Cultivated men and women, who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached to the duties, yet escape the harsher blows, make acute and balanced observers.

From Complete Short Works of George Meredith by Meredith, George