Sentence examples for blunted the edge from inspiring English sources

The hiatus had not noticeably blunted the edge of his temper.

Now he is a frequent visitor to Poland.Poland's economic success under the Tusk government has blunted the edge of public resentment over corruption and unfairness.

A highly ornate interpretation of older, airily flamboyant Burmese decorative styles, featuring curved "oxhorn" projections, blunted the edge of architectural and sculptural quality.

A MILD winter and robust European Union policy have blunted the edge of what was once Vladimir Putin's most effective foreign-policy weapon: the politicised export of gas.

Why not step forward and talk about work that you have done to improve the waterways or national parks?" National environmental groups say the shift has blunted the edge of Republican attacks.

Walter J. Boyne, a former director of the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institution, said on Tuesday that Colonel Blakeslee was one of the cadre of commanders who "blunted the edge of the Luftwaffe" and "went on to lead the progressive destruction of the German air force".

This slightly blunted the edges of a fine performance.

Straight and convex edges experienced different use-lives and use-trajectories: both straight and convex edges were principally served for cutting/sawing and whittling, while some edges changed their functions to scraping as edge resharpening blunted the edges.

And far from blunting the edge of argument, comedy often sharpens it.

This pattern suggests, however, that a jobs strategy should take care not to blunt the edge of our most competitive firms.

Time blunts the edge of a strep throat, muffles the pound of an earache, smooths over the bumps and itch of chicken pox, elides the infant's croup.