He will not refuse, being always sharp-set for a cup.    From Wordnik.com.  [Under the Rose] Reference

And I haven't hunted since we were caught; I suspect I'm pretty sharp-set by now!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elvenblood]

Two or three men in pink, on their way to the meet, drop in, and are very jovial and sharp-set, as indeed we all are.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Brown's Schooldays]

The wounded were, however, sharp-set in all respects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rivers of Ice] Reference

But I was wakeful now and my mind was sharp-set on many things.    From Wordnik.com.  [Greenmantle] Reference

"Are ye sharp-set?" he asked, glancing at about the level of my knee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kidnapped] Reference

The face, sunk away to skin clinging on sharp-set bones, was turned in profile.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Emigrant Trail] Reference

It was an awkward business to have to explain things to that sharp-set old woman.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Magic Egg and Other Stories] Reference

Ye see, I wasna that sharp-set the day, sae I had jist a mou'fu 'o' breid and cheese.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Falconer] Reference

He never failed to carry a portion to his mother, sharp-set as he always was himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hurricane Hurry] Reference

"Those young squires be sharp-set, and no mistake," said the tinker to his companion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Complete] Reference

"An 'don't ye mind if Mr. James Bowdoin is a bit sharp-set the morn," said Jamie McMurtagh.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pirate Gold] Reference

The faces, scared or sharp-set, of the worshippers fronted the glory open-mouthed, but all dull.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Forest Lovers] Reference

If I am sharp-set, for I do not refuse the blue-pearmain, I fill my pockets on each side; and as.    From Wordnik.com.  [Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers] Reference

We had given our own provisions to the half-famished crew, and were becoming very sharp-set ourselves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman] Reference

The air was sharp-set; a delicate rime frosted roof and road; the sea lay hazy and still like a great pearl.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Roadmender] Reference

The Cavaliers, who were, indeed, sharp-set and ever-ready trenchermen, welcomed the proposal each after his own fashion.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel] Reference

She thought they had lost caste in his eyes; but Phillis, who was shrewd and sharp-set in her wits, read him more truly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Not Like Other Girls] Reference

The next morning found us very empty and sharp-set, though a very sound night's rest had contributed its utmost to refresh us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life And Adventures Of Peter Wilkins, Vol. I. (of II.)] Reference

Our traveller, though sharp-set, could not help perceiving a woful insipidity in his food, for which his entertainer apologized.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Partisan Leader: A Novel...] Reference

He released her and they hurried hack toward their waterfall, keeping wary eyes sharp-set for danger in any form, animal or vegetable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spacehounds of IPC] Reference

But once the breakfast-things cleared away, he found Stair as sharp-set as a terrier at a rat-hole, as it were, nosing after knowledge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Patsy] Reference

"In Wolfville, we-all allers recalls that sharp-set gent who comes after Cherokee with respect.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wolfville Nights] Reference

However, here I am, and shall be mighty glad of some food, for I'm desperately sharp-set. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [In New Granada Heroes and Patriots] Reference

I remarked, that they must be very sharp-set.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb] Reference

When pinch’d by sharp-set famine to the quick.    From Wordnik.com.  [Purgatory. Canto XXIII] Reference

When pinc'ed by sharp-set famine to the quick.    From Wordnik.com.  [Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete] Reference

A knave sharp-set!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Faust] Reference

I'm sharp-set. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Devil's Garden] Reference

I'm right sharp-set. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference

The carps are sharp-set.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of Humorous Verse] Reference

Be sharp-set, and be willing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century] Reference

The Fall's mythology - breaking down sound/sharp-set/storm-tossed slice-of-life drama.    From Wordnik.com.  [FallNews - still all mud and witches] Reference