How to Use blunt in a Sentence

blunt

1 of 3 adjective
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  • He was blunt about needing more privacy.
  • To be perfectly blunt, I find her annoying.
  • The bright hair was parted on the side and fell in blunt curls towards her chest.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 6 July 2023
  • The cause of death for all three victims was blunt force trauma.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The coroner’s office said the cause of death was blunt head trauma.
    — Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Their cause of death was blunt force trauma, per the NTSB's report.
    — Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Nelms’s 2023 version of the style has the same vibe with blunt, crispy ends that help preserve its shape.
    — Jihan Forbes, Allure, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Bradley was charged that same month with killing Blake, who died of blunt force injuries.
    — Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Reports at the time said she had been killed by blunt force trauma.
    — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Short hair with long layers and blunt ends is key to recreating the look.
    — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Tyre Nichols died from blunt force trauma and the manner of death was homicide.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 4 May 2023
  • The fruit will be firm but easily sliced with a blunt butter knife.
    — Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Police said the man had suffered blunt force trauma to his body.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Aries, on the other hand, is very blunt, honest, and direct.
    — Women's Health, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Lisa Rinna loves to be blunt, even with her hairstyles.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The star, we are told through blunt dialogue, is not who we were led to believe.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 July 2023
  • An autopsy showed Lee died from blunt force trauma to the head.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Dougherty has become a star of the strike for her blunt rhetorical style.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 May 2023
  • In a closed-door meeting with local media, Freeze was a bit more blunt.
    — Ainslie Lee | Alee@al.com, al, 24 July 2023
  • All of them had fatal injuries due to blunt force trauma.
    — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The man’s body was taken to the county morgue, where the cause of death was determined to be homicide by blunt force trauma to the head.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The sword of mercy, called Curtana, has a blunt tip because ... mercy.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
  • The blunt language came during last month's meeting, sources said.
    — Mary Bruce, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2023
  • In fact, she's been loyal to her blunt, chin-grazing bob since as early as April.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The track is raw and blunt, led by acoustic guitars, about essentially being on the top of the world.
    — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Tall and rangy, with a mop of dark hair, Sessa exudes a blunt, precocious charm.
    — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Paramedics showed up with patients with blunt force injuries and gunshot wounds.
    — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2024
  • To say that there’s a link between boxing and rage is to state a blunt reality.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 26 Apr. 2023
  • An autopsy would reveal that Smith had died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head.
    — Gary Wynn, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • But in making his pitch to a different crowd, Mr. Ramaswamy was blunt about Roivant’s chief aim.
    — Maureen Farrell, New York Times, 27 June 2023
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blunt

2 of 3 verb
  • This type of set up has been around for years to try to blunt the impact of scalping.
    — Rodney Ho, ajc, 27 July 2022
  • But that has done little to blunt the left-wing pushback.
    — Adam Shaw, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • In a 2018 interview with The Post, Soros said the attacks can blunt his impact.
    — Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
  • Schools exist to suppress those feelings, to blunt the ax and gently thaw the sea.
    — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 21 June 2023
  • This in turn may give the Russian air force freedom of the skies to blunt any Ukrainian ground offensive.
    — Tim Lister, CNN, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Disney hopes the market’s reaction will blunt calls by Peltz and Blackwells to shake up the board.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The newcomer had to be equal parts confident and open to blunt coaching.
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Nor has the passage of time blunted or softened her wit or her opinions.
    — Town & Country, 6 June 2023
  • Celery: For crunch and a vegetal flavor to blunt all the fruit sweetness.
    — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Fetterman and Barnes have both sought to blunt the impact of the GOP criticism.
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2022
  • So this to me, is part number one of blunting her momentum.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Efforts to get tickets into hands of people who can’t afford them will blunt some of the pain.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Everybody in the novel drinks too much, which is one way to blunt the impact of the disasters Boyle piles on them.
    — Wendy Smith, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
  • But Randal Diaz bounced into a double play to blunt the threat.
    — Randy Jennings, The Indianapolis Star, 10 June 2023
  • The decision suggests that the airstrikes, which began last week, have so far done little to blunt Iran’s efforts.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Republicans had long looked to blunt the impact of Dodd-Frank.
    — Brian Slodysko, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The idea is that these drugs seem to blunt the effects of the stress that can trigger these and many other psychiatric conditions.
    — Sonya Collins, Fortune Well, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The rest of the field, meanwhile, is hoping to blunt Byron's momentum and speed to victory on Sunday.
    — Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The impact of the finale evaporates, or is at least blunted, by the viewer’s knowledge of what’s coming.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Kentucky blunt worsening flooding and save towns and homes?
    — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 24 Aug. 2022
  • From braids to blunt cuts to beach waves, The Wolf of Wall Street star is not afraid to switch it up in terms of cut and style, and she's been known to rock both updos and relaxed looks at the premieres of her movies.
    — Julia Meehan, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
  • There are a few options for tree owners trying to blunt the beetle’s onset.
    — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2022
  • Much of the cotton used for batik wasn’t grown in Indonesia, blunting the authenticity of the art form.
    — Hannah Beech, New York Times, 30 June 2023
  • But this will be no quick fix, with any training likely to take many months and come too late to blunt Russian dominance of the skies in the counteroffensive.
    — Richard Engel, NBC News, 15 June 2023
  • But the Russian president’s words, now blunted by his stunning failures in Ukraine, don’t carry the same weight.
    — Ben Makuch, The New Republic, 26 July 2023
  • Alzheimer’s research, contributing in a big way to the trials that led to this week’s announcement of the first medicine to clearly blunt the progression of the disease.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2022
  • But other policies could usher in more oil and gas and thereby blunt those successes.
    — Dharna Noor, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Democrats are trying to blunt Republican efforts to use concern about crime to their advantage in the midterms.
    — Marc Levy, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The three men met in person to discuss Golden-Gottlieb’s confidential complaint and ways to blunt it.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
  • An autopsy attributed her death to blunt force trauma of the head and compressions to the neck, according to the affidavit.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2023
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blunt

3 of 3 noun
  • When asked about the odor, the driver showed him a blunt.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2021
  • When asked about the odor, the man handed over a blunt.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2020
  • And, yes, as the folks at Opta Joe called it, that's 'blunt'.
    — SI.com, 3 Oct. 2019
  • The blunt yet rounded breastworks lead the way to a decent Cd of 0.34.
    — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 27 May 2020
  • When her mom and sister pass a blunt around, Sarah Jo eats ice cream.
    — Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2022
  • One fan apologized to the man next to her for the smoke coming from her blunt.
    — cleveland, 18 Sep. 2022
  • When asked about the odor, the passenger gave the officer a blunt.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 11 Mar. 2020
  • Instead, the ever-blunt Jobs asked him to state his business, right then and there, over the phone.
    — Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2019
  • The new style is a blunt, middle-parted bob that ends right at her chin.
    — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 23 May 2018
  • The driver handed the officer a blunt filled with cannabis.
    — Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, chicagotribune.com, 21 Oct. 2019
  • Alsup has been blunt in his many of his dealings with PG&E.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2019
  • The blunt, crude reply is: Who in Hell asked to marry your daughters?
    — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Che smoking a blunt at home alone while watching their own standup is kind of a mood.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The bullhook is an implement made up of a long rod with a blunt or pointed hook at the end.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 21 Aug. 2019
  • The style is a blunt, slightly-textured lob that falls just above her shoulders.
    — Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, 18 Dec. 2019
  • There were also signs of blunt-force trauma to the head, torso and abdomen, the report said.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2019
  • This neo-soul singer/rapper tells their stories in both a blunt and a tender way.
    — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Madonna is also seen smoking what appears to be a large blunt in the new clip.
    — Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com, 10 Mar. 2022
  • To be clear, Congress deserves the blunt of the blame for this situation.
    — Chad Aldeman, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The boy suffered blunt-force trauma in his head but was responsive to on-scene paramedics.
    — Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com, 20 July 2019
  • Williams died of blunt-force injuries, burns, and smoke inhalation.
    — Robert Moran, Philly.com, 10 May 2018
  • Maybe that will hit the shelves later, sort of an homage to Yasgur’s Farm and Ted Williams, all in one smooth, delicious blunt.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2022
  • During a search of the Ford, police found a baggie of marijuana and a blunt.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Moreover, the tips of the bayonets were not sharpened but blunt, cast to tear at an opponent’s flesh like a shark’s tooth. . . .
    — Peter Cozzens, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2018
  • The entertainer wore what appears to be a unit that included the short blunt cut bangs with longer curly tresses in the back.
    — Shalwah Evans, Essence, 4 June 2019
  • Councilman Anthony Hairston, whose Ward 10 includes the home where the 6-year-old was shot, was more blunt.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Notice only the good guys receive the blunt of these boondoggles!
    — Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022
  • All of the bodies showed signs of blunt-force trauma, authorities said.
    — Angel Jennings, latimes.com, 24 May 2018
  • Since the blunt voicing of young love risks going out of tune, the boy’s emotions are displaced onto nature.
    — Dan Hofstadter, WSJ, 25 May 2018
  • Rapper Lil Twist, a new friend of Bieber’s, reportedly rolled the blunts with his brother.
    — Vulture, 25 Aug. 2023

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