acuteness

A bout of weepy swooning, marveling at the acuteness of an aspartame-induced diet soda headache, was a bracing warning that even joy could be distractingly paralyzing.

The Kremlin’s statement was more vague, saying that “taking into account the acuteness of the current state of affairs, the presidents considered it expedient to intensify the search for solutions to diplomatic means.”

It is impossible to express with what acuteness I felt the convict’s breathing, not only on the back of my head, but all along my spine.

Today, corporations are celebrating the dwindling acuteness of the pandemic threat by forcibly encouraging employees back into offices.

“Ukraine won’t be able to quickly join NATO, and the conflict in Donbas will become a chronic one. The Ukrainian issue will lose its acuteness, leaving Kyiv on the periphery of the global agenda.”