The carefully honed consensus that had been vital to the entire operation has recently begun to fray.

They have carefully honed their themes based on market research.

A national chain does not fit in with the village's carefully honed quaintness, they say.

He has his own carefully honed collection of these.

They developed a carefully honed message and organized a campaign of taut, centralized discipline.

Protected by their clothing and carefully honed skills, the assassins continued to advance.

There are also the carefully honed lighting and recorded accompaniments.

Rather, it was the direct result of hard work, carefully honed skills and, yes, raw talent.

The system had been carefully honed to achieve balance over the centuries, but it made for complex vote tabulation.