sharp-pointed

As Bert Rhine went past, he half fetched up in his stride, as if to knife me with the sheath knife, sharp-pointed, which he carried in his right hand; then, and I know I correctly measured the drift of his judgment, he unflatteringly dismissed me as unimportant and ran on.

CHAPTER XLII 2010

A polished bodkin of white petrified shell, with sharp-pointed ends, thrust through a hole in the partition of his nostrils, extended five inches across his face.

CHAPTER IX 2010

The care with which Rembert's compositions are made is remarkable given the difficulty in working in leather with many different kinds of sharp-pointed tools.

Terence Clarke: The Art of Winfred Rembert Terence Clarke 2011

The care with which Rembert's compositions are made is remarkable given the difficulty in working in leather with many different kinds of sharp-pointed tools.

Terence Clarke: The Art of Winfred Rembert Terence Clarke 2011

Once, at a sharp turn where a man's shoulder would unavoidably brush against a screen of leaves, the bushman displayed great caution as he spread the leaves aside and exposed the head of a sharp-pointed spear, so set that the casual passer-by would receive at the least a nasty scratch.

Chapter 24 2010

As a rite of adulthood, I first bought my own oyster-shucking accoutrements thirty years ago: a sharp-pointed but sturdy shucking knife, heavy rubber-and-steel-reinforced gloves and a "lead", which is a curved piece of metal meant to hold the oyster in place while the knife pries it open.

Vivian Norris de Montaigu: Sadness and Seafood: New Orleans Recounts the Loss 2010

Cannons flank his face and banners above him like the flag my mother kept on the mantel, folded tight, white stars sharp-pointed on a field of blue.

John Lundberg: Poems for Memorial Day 2010

Beside the glasses lay an array of silver utensils, all sharp-pointed.

Clockwork Angel Cassandra Clare 2010

Cannons flank his face and banners above him like the flag my mother kept on the mantel, folded tight, white stars sharp-pointed on a field of blue.

John Lundberg: Poems for Memorial Day 2010

As a rite of adulthood, I first bought my own oyster-shucking accoutrements thirty years ago: a sharp-pointed but sturdy shucking knife, heavy rubber-and-steel-reinforced gloves and a "lead", which is a curved piece of metal meant to hold the oyster in place while the knife pries it open.

Vivian Norris de Montaigu: Sadness and Seafood: New Orleans Recounts the Loss 2010