blunt

Example Sentences

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The blunt answer is to take taxable distributions when you feel like it.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Professor Chris Lintott of Oxford, co-host of The Sky at Night, was blunt: "The artistic value of the images returned from Artemis and its crew is significant, but their scientific value is limited."

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

The heat, if present, is one-note — a blunt instrument rather than a chorus.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

But she hasn’t conceived the teen as anything more than a blunt symbol of pubescent awkwardness.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The nails were flat and blunt and shiny.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck