Sentence examples for blunt relief from inspiring English sources
In blunt relief, an ancient warrior, helmeted, his visor up, juts a stern-jawed profile just below the knuckle.
In his book In the Land of Pain, translated and edited by Julian Barnes in 2002, the writer's eye is unflinching as he faces "the torment of the Cross: violent wrenching of the hands, feet, knees, nerves stretched and pulled to breaking point," dimmed only by the blunt relief of increasing amounts of morphine: "Each injection [helps] for three or four hours.
Stephen O'Brien, the UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief, was blunt: the UN, he said, does not have to change.
The combination of rounded, blunt cusps and high relief and two dietary classifications (conservative and radical) alternately as a grouping variable was used in this study (Table 4).
But instead of breathing a sigh of relief over Mr. Blunt's arrest, Mr. Sharpton and the Union County prosecutor, Theodore J. Romankow, hurled harsh statements over whether Mr. Sharpton acted appropriately by trying to coax Mr. Blunt into turning himself in and who was to blame for the escape in the first place.
The impact of SGLT2 inhibition was relatively greater on PPG than on FPG, with renal glucose excretion acting as a relief valve to blunt postprandial hyperglycemia.
Mr. Obama's defense of the deal, which is designed to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon in exchange for relief from sanctions, was blunt and forceful.
For some of the other guys it was blunted a bit because they felt relief more than enjoyment".
By the same token, Miniter says, if Bush's policy proposals "amount to tinkering on the margins, Mr. Blunt will likely breathe a deep sigh of relief".
Then there is the slave York, who amazes Indians, and the French fur trader Toussaint Charbonneau, whose blunt thoughts and pidgin diction serve as comic relief.
So when we are together, it feels like a relief to be able to ask a blunt question, to express a fear or a hope, to joke about mishaps.
