fine-honed

Polished, with a fine-honed edge, just like a knife.

Before Midnight Cameron Dokey 2007

And how skilled, not just in his rhetorical abilities, but he had fine-honed political instincts that I think really, you know, helped him ride his way right into the White House when he needed them.

CNN Transcript Jun 11, 2004 2004

One moment, Valeria sensed him at her back; the next moment, her fine-honed battle instincts told her that he was not.

Conan and The Gods of The Mountain Green, Roland 1993

She looked a great deal different than he remembered; leaner, as if she'd been fine-tempered and fine-honed.

Arrow's Fall Lackey, Mercedes 1988

Time passed; the music went from soft to loud to soft again; Coffee and constant eye circuits got his nerves fine-honed.

The Big Nowhere Ellroy, James, 1948- 1988

She looked a great deal different than he remembered; leaner, as if she'd been fine-tempered and fine-honed.

Arrow's Fall Lackey, Mercedes 1988

The man had a fine-honed tension running through him, that tightness and pressure which ebbs with age.

Across The Sea Of Suns Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1984

There was a knotting of his muscles, a fine-honed tension that sharpened his nerves.

Calder Born, Calder Bred Janet Dailey 1983

Kirk stood beside the Doctor, watching, as the younger man took a fine-honed knife and began to skin the gutted carcass efficiently.

YESTERDAY’S SON A.C. CRISPIN 1983

Kirk stood beside the Doctor, watching, as the younger man took a fine-honed knife and began to skin the gutted carcass efficiently.

YESTERDAY’S SON A.C. CRISPIN 1983