sharpen

The adaptation, by Alexandra Silber, remains true to the original, Feldman said, but “really puts it forward for today’s audience ... with covert but impactful changes that sharpen it in an exciting way.”

Sure, it’s broad comedy, but that shouldn’t preclude sharpening the characters to better sweep us along on their nutty journey.

Playwrights addressed the polis not by dramatizing current events but by recasting tales from the mythological and historic past to sharpen critical thinking on contemporary concerns.

Aref Aziz, a leader of the party’s Asian American Pacific Islander caucus, said the party needed to sharpen its messaging on economic issues if they want to have a chance of victory in coming elections.

On their right, the nails are like talons, sharpened to a menacing point.