SHARPLY in a Sentence

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129 example sentences for SHARPLY, such as:

1. The price of oil has risen sharply.
2. Per capita income rose sharply last year.
3. The car swerved sharply to avoid the dog.
4. The lorry swerved sharply to avoid the child.
5. The cost of materials rose sharply last year.

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 Meanings and Examples of SHARPLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
sharply
 ad.  steeply; changing suddenly in direction and degree; acutely
Classic Sentence: (107 in 8 pages)
1  He started down the road toward their house, but at the end of a few yards he pulled up sharply, the blood in his face.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
2  In her face were too sharply blended the delicate features of her mother, a Coast aristocrat of French descent, and the heavy ones of her florid Irish father.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  Gerald let go of his daughter's arm and turned, peering sharply into her face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
4  Then, wheels ground sharply on the graveled driveway, and the soft murmur of Ellen's voice dismissing the coachman floated into the room.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
5  Scarlett scowled, started to speak sharply and then caught herself.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
6  Honey's nervously obvious desire to be attractive to every man in sight contrasted sharply with her father's poise, and Scarlett had the thought that perhaps there was something in what Mrs. Tarleton said, after all.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
7  Neither of the visiting ladies had even mentioned her name, and they turned and looked sharply at her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
8  She was tired from standing on her feet all morning and irritable because Mrs. Merriwether had scolded her sharply for sitting on a soldier's bed while she dressed his wounded arm.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
9  Then she heard an ominous sound in the driveway, outside the window, a sound that brought home to her even more sharply the imminence of Ashley's departure.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
10  Now and again, the quiet was broken sharply by the crack-cracking of musket fire in the last line of defenses.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
11  And, because he always seemed underfoot when she was most weary and worried, she often spoke sharply to him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
12  At the thought of the kitchen, rage suddenly leaped up in Scarlett's breast, so sharply that it jabbed at her heart like a knife thrust, and fear fell away before her overpowering fury.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
13  "Well, speak up," said Grandma, looking sharply at her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
14  He swung around sharply, covered the side lawn in three leaps and she put him across the four-foot hedge as if she were on the hunting field.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
15  Then Cathleen flapped the bridle reins sharply and the old mule moved off.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
Example Sentence: (22 in 2 pages)
1  The car swerved sharply to avoid the dog.
2  The lorry swerved sharply to avoid the child.
3  The number of people claiming unemployment benefit has risen sharply this month.
4  Our share of the market has decreased sharply this year.
5  The report was sharply critical of the police.
6  Despite the fact that she was wearing a seat belt, she was thrown sharply forward.
7  Prices have risen sharply over the last few months.
8  She pressed her foot down sharply on the brake pedal.
9  Per capita income rose sharply last year.
10  The cost of materials rose sharply last year.
11  Public opinion is sharply polarized on this issue.
12  On the other side of the hill, the land falls away sharply.
13  The manager rebuked the salesgirl sharply for being rude to customers.
14  The price of oil has risen sharply.
15  Attendance at Professor Smith's lecture fell off sharply that evening.