sharp-nosed
Americanadjective
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having a thin, pointed nose.
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having a sharp or projecting front.
a sharp-nosed airplane.
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having a keen or sensitive sense of smell.
Other Word Forms
- sharp-nosedly adverb
- sharp-nosedness noun
Etymology
Origin of sharp-nosed
First recorded in 1555–65
Example Sentences
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She seems to have abandoned her more decorous abstraction for “Half a Head,” a large sharp-nosed not-quite human creature in deep orange surrounded by, but also constrained by black.
From New York Times • May 19, 2022
“I’ve entered every war since 2011 with the same enthusiasm,” declared Sawan, a sharp-nosed, 45-year-old former business executive with a raspy, commanding voice.
From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2016
He rode an unusually short, light, sharp-nosed board—a bone-white clear-finish Wardy.
From The New Yorker • May 25, 2015
That hasn’t stopped Baz Luhrmann, the filmmaker whose adaptation of The Great Gatsby will debut in December, from casting Wolfsheim as a tall, sharp-nosed Indian.
From Newsweek • May 28, 2012
It’s enormous, nearly the size of a commercial liner—except thin and sleek, with an elegant, sharp-nosed design that distinguishes it from the other jets.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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