sharp reminder
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsharpandreminder
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sharp
adjective
uk/ʃɑːp/us/ʃɑːrp/
having a thin edge or point that can cut something or make a hole ...
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reminder
noun
uk/rɪˈmaɪn.dər/us/rɪˈmaɪn.dɚ/
a written or spoken message that reminds someone to ...
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(Definition ofsharpandreminderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, it carried with it asharpreminderof how quickly things can change.
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Is this not asharpreminderof the need to adopt a new support system for farming?
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This financial over-strain brings asharpreminderof the primary and elemental place in the catalogue of our needs.
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To talk about giving "asharpreminderto the people who smoke" is to talk like an irritated school mistress rather than a responsible statesman.
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The current scarcity of oil has provided asharpreminderof our utter dependence upon this one form of energy.
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This is asharpreminderthat you cannot ignore the terrain without the terrain taking revenge at some stage.
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Parties who ignore it will lose votes, and votes are asharpreminderof what politicians who have the country in their hands need to do.
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Her criticisms of the inadequacies and, in some cases, of the sheer deprivation she found are asharpreminderof what still remains to be done.
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I am convinced that if some of the youths who went around being beastly, horrible little guttersnipes were given asharpreminder, they would not do it a second time.
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There, the facets act as asharpreminderof one's obligation while the engineer works, because it could drag on the writing surface while the engineer is drawing or writing.
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It is one of which we often get sharp reminders ourselves in cases of so-called food poisoning.
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