sharped

Definition of sharpednext
past tense of sharp
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Verb
  • Just outside the main entrance of Spectrum Center, as a saxophone blared and drums rumbled and fans hummed past each other with life, there stood Bradley Davis.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The church hummed with energy as the gathering engaged in call-and-response heard just about any Sunday in Baptist churches.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The tawny owl’s dark release of song quavered from the pine wood.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Serene spa music, a blend of classical piano and loudly chirping birds, trilled in the background as the machine sloshed and gurgled.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
  • My mother trilled vapidly over these mundane facts.
    Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Adam Sandler crooned it in the 2006 Click, as the soundtrack to his first kiss with Kate Beckinsale.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Alfred, our pianist and vocalist in Dolce Vita, crooned standards beautifully and always drew a crowd.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • During a sweeter moment in his set, the singer pulled up his own music videos and harmonized with his younger self.
    Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
  • This harmonized with ideas about building local urban communities promoted in the 1960s and 1970s by figures such as Jane Jacobs.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Beltrán trolled his own teammate on national television by drawing fake hair on his head with it.
    Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The theory spawned after the pair spent New Year's Eve together as part of promo and persisted when ABC executive Rob Mills and then-Bachelor host Chris Harrison trolled Bachelor Nation by neither confirming nor denying the rumor as the season aired.
    Sarah Hearon, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Sharped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharped. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.

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