Examples of 'honed' in a sentence

Meaning of "honed"

Hone (verb): to sharpen or perfect something, typically a skill or talent through practice or effort
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  • Made sharp.
  • Made more accurate or precise.
  • simple past tense and past participle of hone

How to use "honed" in a sentence

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I really honed my eavesdropping skills that year.
Hippies with a finely honed sense of irony.
Honed by half a million years of evolution in flight.
We need new knives honed of tempered steel.
Honed in on every pair of bollocks that swung by.
I have finely honed my greed over decades.
Honed the skills required to get business.
I could use my finely honed skills of deduction.
I honed in on the berry section of the orchestra.
My dishwashing skills honed from years of experience.
Your brother is such a sharply honed twit.
There he honed his inner musical gift.
These rotors are laser cut and honed.
We have a well honed organized play system.
His technical skills are also well honed.

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Sappers and students honed a variety of skills.
A brief exercise to keep his senses honed.
My medical training honed this still further.
This is a product that will continue to be honed.
My eyes immediately honed in on the third rail.
The small engine cylinder has to be honed.
We have honed almost every type of material.
He never did tell me where he honed his skills.
Intuition honed by years of investigatory expertise.
The duel was a clash of honed ninjutsu skills.
Perhaps your interview skills need to be honed.
You have a finely honed skill set.
I have honed my ability to spot diamonds in the rough.
I tried new things and honed my skills.
You have honed those talents most skillfully.
This cellar is like a perfectly honed machine.
You have honed it to fine edge.
Good communications skills must be honed by everyone.
Methods honed over decades of study.
Good communicators can be honed as well as born.
He honed that brilliant mind of his.
Kaplan has introduced and honed a model.
It gets honed to a real fine point.
My outside voice will need to be honed to perfection.
You have honed those talents most skilfully.
He is particularly dangerous as he has honed his combat.
Teeth honed for the kill.
Cutting edges of cutting head not honed correctly.
They honed in on you like radar.
Love that hearts hath honed hear no objections.
I honed my idea in the john earlier.
But it must be honed through practice.
Honed for efficiency on every level.
An image that has honed in my nightmares.
Honed from the sufferings of my clan.

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