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sharping

verb

present participle of sharp
as in trilling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sharping
  1. trilling
  2. quavering
  3. crooning
  4. humming
  5. trolling
  6. warbling
  7. harmonizing
Verb
  • The chihuahuan raven has a somewhat different vocalization, with more of a trilling quality to its croak.
    — Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Rock Harbor to Daisy Farm Campground This trail almost entirely follows the coast for 7 miles, with a soundtrack of lapping waves, trilling loons, and the occasional outboard motor.
    — Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 7 June 2026
Definition of trilling
Verb
  • Tiny Silver was a birdlike woman, either very young or very old, quavering.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
  • Softly so as not to drown out the quavering notes, the congregation put words to the melody.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2026
Definition of quavering
Verb
  • Before then, monochromatic clips show Karol and Mars racing around on go-karts, trading lyrics back and forth in the empty lower bowl seating area, and crooning over a guitar backstage.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026
  • In a profoundly prolific decade, Texas singer-songwriter Charley Crockett has refined a soulful country purview, crooning sweetly about love and perseverance in misfortune and yielding rave reviews and Grammy nominations.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of crooning
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  • Both are keeping growth humming at a reasonably steady pace and maintaining the unemployment rate at a healthy level just above 4%.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
  • To build the president’s White House ballroom, roughly 250 workers have been pouring concrete and installing steel framework, keeping the site humming for 20 hours a day, seven days a week.
    — Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of humming
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  • After a tense year of sniping and trolling each other, the family members agreed to bury the butcher knife, and the Original Roy Hutchins empire added an Arlington location near AT&T Stadium.
    — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Indy, the duck-trolling dog star of Good Boy, received the Best Good Boy in a Horror Movie award.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of trolling
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  • Playing a raging narcissist intoxicated with her own vocal calisthenics, Scherzinger gets one of the movie’s rare amusing moments, warbling in airy Mariah Carey melisma style even while weeping.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of warbling
Verb
  • Aligning subsidies is also critical, because maintaining fair competition among North American companies and scaling up entire cross-border supply chains will be difficult without harmonizing how each country’s government supports its industry.
    — Chad P. Bown, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The Justices’ daily business involves resolving ambiguities, clarifying jurisdiction, harmonizing conflicting statutes, and adjudicating conflicts in special jurisdictions.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of harmonizing
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“Sharping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharping. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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