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212 examples of Blunt in a sentence

Although the disjointed stories are meant to intertwine with one cogent story emerging, the blunt edits jump between lost in Yonkers and angst amid the concrete streets of inhospitable New York.
The director made a blunt effort to insert some plot with that morphology-changing ability of the villagers but that turned out to be a sheer flop.
The abundant gratuitous distaff nudity, the seedy seaside Venice, California locations, the shockingly blunt'n'brutal violence and the profoundly unnerving conclusion all give this picture a raw, sleazy, unsettling edge that's mighty tough to shake.
I'll be perfectly blunt, here.
When controversial German director Uwe Boll (HOUSE OF THE DEAD) first announced that he wanted to shoot an absolutely uncompromising, blunt and brutal movie about the cruelties of the Vietnam War, not just a few critics shook their heads in disbelief and predicted a major failure on all levels as they just couldn't imagine that infamous filmmaker, who once knocked out four internet bashers in a boxing challenge, to tackle such a serious subject with the needed amount of tactfulness and sincerity.
The images of death and destruction are a blunt reality check.
The unrelentingly blunt, chaotic, savage, take-no-prisoners attitude of TCM was unlike anything anyone had ever seen before and this aspect of TCM is what makes it truly groundbreaking.
Thats what the MOVIE portrays !!! Its a beautiful movie .. with blunt and raw emotions that really question u if have done anything as near as what Sara n Nick have !!!! and if cant appreciate the beauty of that then u don't deserve to watch the movie .
All the audience has to go on is the finished product, and to be blunt, most don't give a damn about how much work or money went into the effort.
Alan Rickman, who plays the film's German uber-baddie, really controls the part and brings in some blunt wit.
I'll just be blunt and get that out there.
I like them because they are so gritty and realistic in their blunt portrayal of crime.
I'm going to be very blunt and fair.
Every punchline is a blunt, obvious comment void of any comedic value, suggesting the writers had up to a whole hour to finish the episode.
Other than its sexual connotation, "full frontal" implies a head-on attack, a blunt and honest approach.
By using smart farming techniques such as drought-resistant seeds, intercropping, composting, and crop diversification, farmers can blunt the effects of extreme weather at very low costs.
These factors, together with rent capture and winner-take-all markets, can entrench inequality and blunt markets’ competitiveness.
Interest rates are too blunt an instrument, and risk damaging the wider economy when used to prick a housing bubble, as recent research by BOE Deputy Governor Charlie Bean has shown.
Quantitative easing is a blunt instrument, at best, and operates through highly circuitous – and thus dubious – channels.
First, tighter sanctions make sense only as a diplomatic tool, not as a blunt instrument of coercion.
In this context, Japan knows that a deeper strategic collaboration with India – which is also seeking to blunt increasing military pressure from China – is its best move.
US-Pakistan relations have turned poisonous, with blunt statements proliferating from both governments.
Despite the blunt rhetoric and cold stares between the US and Pakistan, a parting of ways between the two is simply not feasible.
Three former military attorneys, recognizing this blunt truth, refused to participate in the “military tribunals” – rather, “show trials” – aimed at condemning men whose confessions were elicited through torture.
NATO’s purpose, in the blunt phrase of its first secretary general, Lord Hastings Ismay, was to “keep the Americans in, the Russians out, and the Germans down.”
It is time for Europe’s leaders to break the decades-old habit of pursuing half-baked projects that blunt the symptoms of crises, and to implement real reforms that address the root causes.
In a recent letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, she wrote, “We believe this approach could be a blunt and imprecise instrument of fear, rather than one of persuasion, that will take us down a dangerous path and adversely impact US manufacturers, farmers, and consumers.”
Even if the US ultimately sought to force Assad from office, its blunt action hardened Assad’s resistance, as well as that of his two allies in the UN Security Council, Russia and China.
The ECB will object, not without reason, that monetary policy is a blunt instrument with which to rebalance the European economy.
But we need to be blunt: Free flows of short-term debt can result in capital misallocation and harmful instability.
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