Sentence examples for blunt one from inspiring English sources

Tyrie did have an ally, and a rather blunt one, in the Labour party.

"Voting is just one tool and sometimes it can be a blunt one.

Asked what she thought was the key to the U.S. victories — or more precisely, European defeats — in recent tournaments, Davies was blunt: "One word: singles".

Marxism can be a sharp tool for diagnosis but, as so many of Marx's followers have proved, a depressingly blunt one when it comes to prescription.

In the event he was at least a vigorous presence, albeit a blunt one in a first half that quickly settled into a suffocating press of well-stocked midfields.

Maybe the problem is in a sense endemic to the subject, since constantly operating on a solar clock at variance with the one in the sky above tends to delay or blunt one's reactions, and dazzlement may pass for enthusiasm but actually presage nausea.

That dissatisfaction is reflected in Grindr's 2.5-star rating on the Apple App store, where many comments echo the lament of one blunt one-star reviewer: "There are a lot of guys who use it for hooking up".

There's nothing flashy about Town, a restaurant whose blunt one-syllable name promises nothing in particular.

Clearly then, a blunt, one-size-fits-all approach to entitlement reform would do more harm than good, both to the programs and to the millions of Americans who rely on them.

Mr. Manjoo studied recent cartoons, especially those from Pulitzer Prize winners, and declared: "Even the best ones traffic in blunt, one-dimensional jokes, rarely exhibiting nuance, irony or subtext".

"While many welcome Gervais's return, not everyone is happy with the decision because last year his blunt one-liners targeting big-name celebrities caused anger and resentment in some quarters," the group said.