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

Each of them was originally a portion of brick-clay, on which the scribe indented the flights of arrowheads with some sharp-cornered instrument, after which the document was made permanent by baking.

From A History of Science — Volume 4 by Williams, Henry Smith

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

My father held fast to the sharp-cornered saint and prophet, though somewhat excoriated in the association.

From The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe by Hosmer, James Kendall

"I can read any kind of plain writing like they do in school," said Richard, "but not this sharp-cornered kind where the m's and u's are alike, and all the tails are pointed."

From Georgina of the Rainbows by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)