Sentences with phrase «sharp as a whip»

Henri claimed Hals was sharp as a whip in his ability to turn the experience of such festive chaos into such believable and sumptuous scenes of revelry.

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He was falsely accused, arrested, slapped, spit on, had His beard pulled out of His face, sent to court where though no guilt was found was sentenced to be beaten to within an inch of HIs life, struck with rods, whipped with a weapon that had sharp bones and different pieces tore large chuncks of flesh off, drug back to court wearing a robe which when the blood dried to it became its own bit of torture, the first beating not good enough so sentenced to die, had a crown of thorns pressed down into his skull causing much more blood loss, beaten some more, forced to carry an extremely heavy wood beam as he marched toward His death, whipped and beaten along the way, had huge nails driven through His hands and feet, and had a shoulder separated.

For the cream, I just scraped the seeds from half a vanilla bean with the tip of a sharp knife, and added that to the commercial vegan whipping cream as I was whipping it.

The opening late in the half came when Fleck whipped a ball dangerously across the six - yard box but Sharp couldn't score on the stretch and was penalised as he tried to poke home.

As part of his «War Against Indiscipline», he ordered Nigerians to form neat queues at bus stops, under the sharp eyes of whip - wielding soldiers.

With sharp - as - a-blade editing, Steven Rogers's whip smart script and superb performances (including Margot Robbie as Harding), the film leaves you wondering what might have been if this powerful competitor had been given half a chance.

Luke Evans stars as Dr. William Moulton Marston alongside Rebecca Hall as his whip - smart, sharp - tongued wife Elizabeth, who would also be a Dr. Marston if Harvard would just grant her her PhD already.

Through the storm that buffets his plane and the failure of his operating system, Whip is cool as a razor and sharp on the attack as his straight - arrow co-pilot quivers in panic.

«School improvement — increasing student learning — requires teachers to be as sharp as a scalpel, quick as a wink, smart as a whip, and responsive to every student, including those who are homeless, those who have learning challenges, those who already know the material, and those who fit into as many categories as there are students in the classroom.