Sentences with phrase «become blunt»

The linear divisions have, in the more recent pieces, become blunt bold beams that extend color structure and shift from mere edge to self contained slender shapes.

Certain daily habits such as speaking up for yourself at work or being honest in friendships are just small steps you can take to become a blunt person.

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act has become a blunt tool that unscrupulous people use to demand the removal of material that's unflattering to them — including from our site, Retraction Watch.

Exactly how gluten acts is unclear, but it damages the mucosa (lining) of the small intestine, causing the villi (finger - like protuberances which increase the absorptive area) either to become blunted or to disappear.

It may be the case that Egypt's move towards democracy will eventually happen because they will be left with no other choice as the tools of violence become blunted, but this will not be because the establishment will simply have a change of heart.

One answer said that alternating blades in a razor made each one last longer than if left in place until they became blunt.

It's here that Kevin Reynolds» (Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves) film becomes a blunt tool, one that abandons both drama and originality in favour of preaching to the choir.

Without new cells coming from the crypt, the villus becomes blunted and unable to absorb nutrients.

When the mitral valve wears out, its two flaps become blunted, shriveled and scarred so that they do not open or close properly.

Science is seen less as a valuable tool with which to improve humanity's lot and open our minds, and becoming a blunt instrument with which to beat the opposition.

Store them loose in a drawer and they'll gradually become blunter from rubbing against other items.

Not exact matches

How characteristic of Israel's religion this feature became is so well known to us that its force is in danger of being blunted.

Let me chase a rabbit when it comes to basing your belief or unbelief on people: Not believing in God because of hypocrites or weird Christians is, to be blunt, a stupid reason to become an atheist.

Indeed, it became a «political blunt instrument to beat critics of Leftism into silence» and to discredit any form of anti- Communism.

Baird's contemporary advocate of «an earnest ministry» noted that the Sunday School, the cheap tract, and the religious periodical had become «competitors» with the pulpit «for the public mind,» and concluded that the ministers would have to turn on more heat.112 Charles G. Finney, always more blunt in saying what many of his Congregational and Presbyterian brethren really thought, openly advocated the creation of excitement in order to attract the attention of the unconverted — a view with which, as we have noted, Horace Bushnell was inclined to agree.

There's one thing about Chinese culture that I don't think I'll ever become accustomed to and that's blunt comments.

look I'm going to be blunt here, ever since wenger adopt this tiki taka style of football we've become a laughing stock.

His directness — almost blunt in comparison to some of his more loquaciously - skilled teammates — can and should be a virtue for a side that has a habit of becoming one - paced.

He's always been a far smarter footballer than he is given credit for, and relatively selfless at his best — although that has at times become a burden in its own right as the forward looked to take too much on himself, blunting his ability to find a focus in games and exhausting his already well - run body.

In short, BritishMPs on their overseas forays project an image of engaging cynicism, ribaldhumour, frumpy clothes (Memo to committee clerks: confiscate all MPs beige anoraksat Heathrow; issue Kiwi shoe polish), and a blunt, honest directness, allcombined with a slight bafflement that so many foreigners by now still have notaccepted the wisdom of becoming British.

Senate Republicans had opposed an increase in the minimum wage, and when it became clear the wage had strong support, they insisted on a way to blunt the cost to businesses.

«Withholding taxes and taxes on revenue such as equalisation levies are blunt instruments that are likely to give rise to double taxation and may risk stifling innovation as taxes may become payable before profits are made.»

The reviewer became very blunt at a point.

While beneficial microbes are becoming a more common tool in agriculture, their effectiveness in the field is severely blunted thanks to real - world environmental stressors like heat and drought, competition with other microbes, and interactions with the host plant.

When pre - and probiotics are combined, they become an intestinal power couple (or, in blunter terms, they kick nutritional butt).

Uhm — And so — And so, by becoming like Endorphin or Opiate Resistant, we're actually blunting that — that natural response we get to — to uh — to let go natural Endorphins.

Underneath her blunt attitude is a real passion for helping her readers grow their confidence levels and learn how to become savvy daters.

-- blunt, but effective — and it soon became a bestseller in the US and the UK.

That set - up never blossoms into the pungent satire it wants to be, however, because the black hats and white hats have been so obviously delineated that any social commentary becomes utterly blunted.

In some parts, Touch is pleasantly moving and even tightly woven, until it becomes too blunt in its purposeful yanking of heartstrings.

And Then There Were None is commendably put - together — and its cast gamely embodies the opposing personalities of the source material — but along the way its seriousness becomes a handicap, its blunt storytelling a crutch.

It quickly became a polarizing film for film critics, many embracing the Red Shoes meets Repulsion psychological portrait of neurosis and obsession in a meek, repressed young woman (Natalie Portman) who still has little girl prima ballerina dreams, others critical of the melodrama, hysteria and blunt metaphors («high - grade hokum,» as one critic called it).

We don't grow too close to many of our unnamed or reasonably anonymous heroes — but through blunt - force filmmaking, «Dunkirk» becomes something existentially profound, in which defeat is assured, death is random and sudden and mere survival is cause enough for celebration.

It's a blunt indictment of a popular U.S. - based company, but nevertheless a long ways away from the manic, radically profane cynicism that Wilder deployed in One, Two, Three, wherein Coca - Cola has more or less become America.

Bernard's sermonizing and Joan's all - too - blunt way with words around tricky subjects have quietly insidious effects on their children, as cursing becomes second nature and undigested thoughts are released in public to confused ears.

Later on, firearms become available, but players must utilize blunt and bladed weapons until then.

HEATH LEDGER's ex-girlfriend MICHELLE WILLIAMS, CASEY AFFLECK and EMILY BLUNT are among the 134 stars and moviemakers who have been invited to become members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - the...

EMILY BLUNT often forgot her lines while shooting upcoming horror THE WOLFMAN - because she was so in awe of her co-star SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS.The British actress became pals with the legendary Oscar - winner after he...

The ghosts of James Whale, Maya Deren and Peter Weir smoke a blunt as Griffen becomes a sort of spirit - hero in a town worm - squirming with self - laceration, incest, S&M, and the killer bogeyman of failing machismo.

And while the blunt idea — a small speech becomes a stirring treatise on America's baked - in problems and promise — has the tawny glow of Hollywood - grown corn, its execution hums with sincerity.

To be blunt, it feels sometimes like a lack of purpose or voice, and that's holding back the company from becoming the next Netflix or even Hulu (who has their first truly great show in «Casual»).

In essence, her frame becomes a series of moving Polaroids, documenting uninhibited Texas youth during the Millennial era, each trap rap song that drops on the playlist an invitation to dance in the car or roll up a blunt.

Even the movie's sole venture into the moral morass, in which Keller becomes the exact type of person that he most fears has his daughter, turns out to be a requirement for the movie's blunt thematic concern — that those wronged by the ills of others can and, in the wrongheaded statement of a character late in the movie (a really strained motive behind the crime), will perpetrate evil of their own.

In this respect he's as selfish and self - centred as Shiner or Fletcher, but Perry's film becomes about how a strenuously blunt artist deals with having his trust betrayed by the one person he believes to be on the same philosophical and ideological level of integrity.

However, Hobby criticised the current system of fines, which is described as «too blunt and instrument» and expressed concerns that repeated absences and truancy had become conflated with occasional absences for holidays.

For the first time in the history of the survey (and the car industry to be blunt) the Korean automakers, Kia and Hyundai, have become the top - rated mainstream (non-luxury) brands in terms of initial quality.

I feel lucky that I discovered Faulkner long before such writing became unfashionable, and I return to him and to Yoknapatawpha County whenever I feel my attention span blunted by internet exposure or I need to spend time again with living, breathing characters in conflict with their own hearts.

If scratching becomes a serious problem, there are nail covers that your cat can wear to blunt the nails and prevent scratching.

Dogs with cardiovascular instability or who have fractured ribs, pleural space disease, open wounds, thoracic tumors, flail chest — an injury following blunt force trauma, where part of the rib cage becomes detached — or other cardiac or respiratory distress should not receive coupage.

If your dog is a serious tennis - ball chewer, you may notice the tooth wear as the tips of your dog's teeth become less sharp and more blunted over time.