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Walking to the fruit seller's or the tailor's, I got stares so sharp that they sliced away bits of me piece by piece."
No, you seem to be thinking clearly, and your vision is perfectly sharp.
Then there was a sharp decline during the first half of the 20th century, and in the recent decade, you can see that the U.S. has become more unequal than Europe, and this is the first fact I just talked about.
It's quite heavy, lots of spinning, sharp things.
Look what happened: In this study, students who were not taught this growth mindset continued to show declining grades over this difficult school transition, but those who were taught this lesson showed a sharp rebound in their grades.
He found no tool sharp enough to skin the beast, until the goddess Athena suggested using one of its own claws.
Then the old lady came towards me with a rusty-looking knife, one of the sharp knives, orange-looking, has never seen water or sunlight before.
There is a long-term variation, which in itself is not surprising, but you see the sharp peaks.
In this next example, you see glowing blue bars with pretty sharp edges moving across a field of dots.
But when I do this quickly, your visual system creates the glowing blue bars with the sharp edges and the motion.
Insults do this in a very short and sharp way.
But why do the rest of us non-synesthetes understand metaphors like "sharp cheese" or "sweet person"?
This is an old tradition from a time when dinner knives were quite sharp, and it was a sign of politeness and nonaggression to keep them pointed away from other diners.
Because of the speed and brevity of social media, we are forced to jump to conclusions and write sharp opinions in 140 characters about complex world affairs.
What the real pros do is keep the lid on, give the bottle a few short, sharp shakes to wake up all those tomato particles, and then take the lid off and do a nice controlled pour onto their heavenly fries.
But pain also has a character, like sharp, dull, burning, or aching.
Whether it's an anxiety-filled night of being chased through the woods by a bear or fighting off a ninja in a dark alley, these dreams allow you to practice your fight or flight instincts and keep them sharp and dependable in case you'll need them in real life.
A long, sharp claw reminded him of a lion, but the arm bones suggested a larger animal, one about three meters long.
They ambled through the forests and savannas using their strong arms and sharp claws to uproot plants and climb trees, grazing on grasses, leaves, and prehistoric avocados.
Some are very sharp, and some are broad, and they also have variable durations.
Many Chinese regions saw a sharp decline of birthrate during those years.
As simple as it sounds, having a very specific goal right up front has really allowed us to be very sharp and focused in our transformation journey.
So these experiences gave me a sharp awareness of the atrocities and injustices in the world.
In the wild, cats needed sharp claws for climbing, hunting, and self-defense.
I broke up with Thordis a couple of days later, and then saw her a number of times during the remainder of my year in Iceland, feeling a sharp stab of heavyheartedness each time.
Even with brains full of plaques and tangles, some people stayed sharp to the end.
Daylight looked odd, and shadows became very strange; they looked bizarrely sharp, as if someone had turned up the contrast knob on the TV.
And Nana is very bright; she hasn't had much formal education, but she's sharp.
The edges my not be as sharp as before, but it still looks pretty good, and if it needs repairing, it is really easy to do.
And it's a very sharp black that you can write with.
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