Sentence examples for are dulled. from inspiring English sources
adjective
Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
- All these knives are dull.
The memory of how they used to clinch them remains lucid, but the reflexes are dulled.
He told the audience that though real swords are dulled for safe stage combat, they still have the potential to do harm.
Written by the Italian author Marco Mancassola, the novel imagines the erotic obsessions of Superman, Mister Fantastic and Mystique as their heroic abilities are dulled by the ageing process.
It's only a pity that the ending moves into a labyrinth of such Gothic intricacy that some of the clarity and screaming tension of the earlier parts of the novel are dulled.
And the evaluation of all studies must contend with wishful thinking: people naturally want to believe in the value of new treatments, sometimes so much that their critical faculties are dulled or extinguished altogether.
In the first few days, the brain "retunes", and as the other senses are dulled by the cold and the heavy layers of clothing, the eyes become more alert.
Now, your mind is dulled.
Your critical thinking is dulled.
