Sentence examples for has a double edge from inspiring English sources

"The cold has a double edge.

But that argument has a double edge.

Yet, perhaps inevitably, this equality has a double edge.

Even that scene has a double edge; he's using the time to try to teach himself to read.

[C2.] Fewer Internet Backbone Providers Last week's Web site attacks were a reminder that technology's sword of individual empowerment has a double edge.

The "so were all of you" of the Krenz creases has a double edge for Mr. Schulze, a former East German.

This complex formation and reduction of non-essential heavy metals has a double edged site: On one hand, it can be used as a defense strategy producing less soluble metal complexes unsuitable for entering the plant.

"They'd only die," Mrs. Crozier said, not seeming to realize that this remark had a double edge to it, under the circumstances.

A genetic diagnosis has been described as a 'double edged sword' where "[genetic] explanations have a double edge, for while they shift responsibility to DNA, they create a new biological form of blaming – for the 'flawed' parents who pass on 'bad genes', for those who knowingly take genetic risks (Nelkin & Lindee 1995).

The rising number of regulatory agencies could have a double edge effect on the advancement of biomedical and biotechnology research in Africa.

His plastic peeler, called the Shell, has a double-edge cutting blade and neatly collects peels in its container, which opens easily to empty.