| When the word has an acute accent over the vowel, it is pronounced with a voice that starts high and then rises sharply. |
| In real terms, average weekly earnings for young people declined sharply over the same 10 years. |
| The Japanese language includes sharply divergent styles of speech for men and women. |
| If the polls are all wet and the final vote breaks sharply one way or the other, people will want to claim the election as a historic watershed. |
| Kit's voice whined sharply, reminding Alan that he still hadn't answered Kit's question. |
| Looking westwards, the land drops slightly at the Hope River gorge and then rises sharply again in Jacks Hill. |
