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[ shahrp-nohzd ] / ˈʃɑrpˈnoʊzd /
adjectivehaving a thin, pointed nose. having a sharp or projecting front: a sharp-nosed airplane. having a keen or sensitive sense of smell. Origin of sharp-nosedFirst recorded in 1555–65 OTHER WORDS FROM sharp-nosedsharp-nosed·ly [shahrp-nohzd-lee, -noh-zid-], /ˈʃɑrpˈnoʊzd li, -ˈnoʊ zɪd-/, adverbsharp-nosedness, nounWords nearby sharp-nosedSharpey-Schafer, sharp-focus realism, sharp-freeze, sharpie, sharpish, sharp-nosed, sharp practice, Sharps, Sharpsburg, sharp-set, sharp-shinned hawk Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sharp-nosed“You know they shut the schools for girls in Herat,” the sharp-nosed brunette said. When Everything Changed|Gayle Tzemach Lemmon|March 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST With both wind and current meeting the canoe, no suspicion of his presence catches the scent of the sharp-nosed swimmer. The Story of the Trapper|A. C. Laut He was a gaunt, sharp-eyed, sharp-nosed, and sharp-tongued man. At the Crossroads|Harriet T. Comstock The face of the old woman alone peeped out from them; a yellow, wrinkled, sharp-nosed, toothless face. Dream Tales and Prose Poems|Ivan Turgenev
He stood as if grown to the spot, until a sharp-nosed woman elbowed her way in front of him, to see what interested him. Aunt 'Liza's Hero and Other Stories|Annie Fellows Johnston "Shouldn't wonder if that car's ball-bearings ain't broken," said the sharp-nosed chauffeur. The Port of Adventure|Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson
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