sharp-cornered

Example Sentences

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I pull forward one of my two blank cards and write in big block letters an unbendable, sharp-cornered David-word: RULE.

From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord

It must have been daylight before I worried my way into a sleep that seemed jagged and sharp-cornered with many an evil turn; and when I awoke the sun was shining.

From The Jucklins A Novel by Read, Opie Percival

I put the candle stand beside the pillow and lay wrapped in bedding, clenching the small chilly padlock and sharp-cornered boards.

From Lazarre by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell

Some are sharp-cornered, with facets determined by chance fractures; some are round, polished by friction under water.

From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

Here we deserted the open air for piled-up brushy tangles, many sharp-cornered rock fragments, and a choked streamlet.

From The Forest by White, Stewart Edward