Sentence examples for blunt attempt from inspiring English sources

The one-two punch is a blunt attempt by Republican lawmakers to maintain power, Democrats say.

Fortunately, that blunt attempt at psychohistory is just a bump on an otherwise smoothly plotted and humanely reflective narrative.

On Departure Friday, the protest leaders had considered staging a march on the Presidential Palace — a blunt attempt to force Saleh's hand.

Here Rose's blunt attempt to ignite a sexual spark with Avery, as they sit next to each other in the theater's seats, becomes emblematic of the way all three characters remain tone-deaf to one another's yearnings, sensitivities, frustrations.

Its music is, in places, legitimately weird and thoughtful; its post-electric-Miles scuffs and skids transcend the jazz musicians common desire to merely make a soigne mood album or a blunt attempt at hip-hop.

What we have today instead is "Free nights and weekends!"--the Milton Berle of wireless, a blunt attempt to entice customers with discount in a period of low demand.

The news put me in mind of other blunt attempts to protect the Stalin brand.

But its earnest heart fits uneasily with such blunt attempts at satire.

Blunt attempted to back away the stern was struck, removing the ship's rudder.

But its allure contrasts starkly with Mr. Waters's blunter attempts to express in visual terms the complexity of the book.

It's a lethally clever way for the government to save $1.3bn over four years from 2.2 million of the most disadvantaged Australians, with less political blowback than other blunter attempts at welfare savings.