Sharply

Examples

• She drew in her breath sharply as one whose doubts are resolved. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• She answered Sergeant Cuff's inquiry for the landlord, by telling him sharply that her master was up-stairs, and was not to be bothered by anybody. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Moore turned sharply to Barraclough. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The noise was released, the little locomotive with her clanking steel connecting-rod emerged on the highroad, clanking sharply. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Don't start when I chance to speak rather sharply; it's so provoking. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The boats—began Caliphronas, who was quite pale; whereupon Martin turned on him sharply. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Leave it alone, Pilar said sharply. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I know nothing of Sir Percival's mother---- And you know as little of Sir Percival himself, she interposed sharply. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Then, amid cheers of encouragement from the immense throng that was watching, he turned sharply past the starting-tower and flew between the flags that marked the starting-line. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• But you had better see me use it,' she said, sharply. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• How sharply its pinnacled angles and its wilderness of spires were cut against the sky, and how richly their shadows fell upon its snowy roof! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I think it of no importance whatever, said Madame Fosco sharply and suddenly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• There was no mist on the road now and Robert Jordan saw the man, clearly and sharply, standing there on the road looking up at the sky. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Leave it, she said to Agustín sharply. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The atmosphere was grey and translucent, the birds sang sharply on the young twigs, the earth would be quickening and hastening in growth. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• After a time he recovered himself, and spoke sharply, as if to atone for his faint-heartedness. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The hasp snapped sharply in its hole, and Miss Ophelia turned the key, and pocketed it in triumph. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• That is, he had lain down where the ground fell sharply away below the triple belt of wire and shouted up at the rock and earth parapet. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• No answer for an instant, then Laurie asked sharply, Who told you? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Her servants wondered at her directions, usually so sharply-cut and decided, now confused and uncertain. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Thomas, my own servant, answered by saying sharply, 'Go into the house, madam. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Here,' said she, turning sharply round, 'I'll come and see your sister. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• To-day no large city in America is without a service of this character, but its function was sharply limited by the introduction of the telephone. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• But his really are faults that he might correct, and ought to correct, returned the sharp old lady, sharply shaking her head. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Well, sir, said Mr. Shelby, turning sharply round upon him, what am I to understand by that remark? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Please move your pail, she said sharply. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Madame's brow had not been ruffled during the scene--her lips had not dropped one sharply-accented word. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Not _you_,' replied Oliver, sharply. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• They were all three more sharply on the alert, and less deadened by the miserable influences of the place and time. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Her face is veiled, and still she sufficiently betrays herself to make more than one of those who pass her look round sharply. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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