Collocations for "sharply"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "sharply" in context.
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sharply
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adv
- a sharply pointed [edge, tail, sword]
- a sharply defined [line, edge, border]
- the [line] is sharply defined]
- has a sharply defined [jaw, mouth]
- sharply [arched, angled] [structures, buildings, circuits]
- [focus, concentrate] sharply on the [matter at hand, road]
- is sharply focused on
- a sharply focused [camera, lens, objective]
- the [photo, image] is sharply in focus
- [walked, turned] sharply out (of) the room
- [ran, headed] sharply for the [door, exit]
- drove sharply [out of, away from, towards]
- took the [bend, curve, corner] too sharply
- [swerved, turned, lurched] sharply to the [right, left]
- [sales, profits, crime] [rose, fell, climbed] sharply
- [rose] sharply [this quarter, last year, in December]
- is [increasing, decreasing, falling] sharply
- can be sharply [acidic, bitter, sour]
- [has been, was] sharply criticized for
- sharply criticized the [idea, book, movie, plan]
- [answered, snapped at, yelled at] her sharply
'sharply' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):