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Acuteness in sentence

16 examples of Acuteness in a sentence

The initial drama is in the acuteness of your perception, which is built on your willingness to experience the film simply as a series of images.
These choices are obviously based on what are perceived to be US geopolitical interests, not on the acuteness of countries’ need for development aid.
Something tormented her and she hid it from him, appearing not to notice the insults that were poisoning his life, and which should have been still more painful to her with her acuteness of perception.
Harvey possessed, however, the common manners of the country, and was in no way distinguished from men of his class, but by his acuteness, and the mystery which enveloped his movements.
The countenance of the trader changed, and, losing its expression of deep care in a natural acuteness, he answered,-"It is hard to say what ought to be the price; I believe I must leave it to your own generosity."
All their senses were in a state of hallucination, conveying intolerable acuteness to their sensations.
Of the acuteness of that woman's sufferings, of the gentle and enduring manner in which she bore them, of the agony of solicitude with which she reared that boy, no one can form an adequate conception.
His pleasure in music, though it amounted not to that ecstatic delight which alone could sympathize with her own, was estimable when contrasted against the horrible insensibility of the others; and she was reasonable enough to allow that a man of five and thirty might well have outlived all acuteness of feeling and every exquisite power of enjoyment.
The hand writing of her mother, never till then unwelcome, was before her; and, in the acuteness of the disappointment which followed such an ecstasy of more than hope, she felt as if, till that instant, she had never suffered.
There happened then that which you know, and of which your precipitate departure," added the host, with an acuteness that did not escape d’Artagnan, "appeared to authorize the issue.
It was indeed Top, a magnificent Anglo-Norman, who derived from these two races crossed the swiftness of foot and the acuteness of smell which are the preeminent qualities of coursing dogs.
"Then you _are_ going to be married, sir?""Ex-act-ly--pre-cise-ly: with your usual acuteness, you have hit the nail straight on the head."
Mercury must trust thee for the two heifers, though I am not astonished at him for not wishing to do so; in this I recognize his acuteness."
Petronius was angry that his acuteness could find no reply; not wishing, however, to acknowledge this, he said, so as to offer an answer of some kind,--"That is a new sect."
Thanks to his acuteness, he knew that destruction was not threatening him directly.
He suffered much from a morbid acuteness of the senses; the most insipid food was alone endurable; he could wear only garments of certain texture; the odors of all flowers were oppressive; his eyes were tortured by even a faint light; and there were but peculiar sounds, and these from stringed instruments, which did not inspire him with horror.