Sentences with phrase «bit blunt»

The above example is obviously a bit blunt and something like this would definitely have been caught by internal testers, but there are many things that are hard or even impossible to notice during in - house tests.

But I don't doubt this Z28 can be an effective, if not a bit blunt, instrument for track use.

Skyfall is not without its weak spots — Bardem's master plan is ultimately a bit blunt and unartful, the script is not terribly good to women (wish they'd get rid of that old Bond trope for good), Whishaw and Craig regrettably don't kiss — but, all cards on the table, it's still a knockabout success.

I'm a bit blunt when saying things, but people like how I say whatever is on my mind.

I thought it was a bit blunt to refer to it as skinny fat but I suppose it makes sense.

Since this might sound a bit blunt without tone of voice, or expressions, I want to clearly say that I am on the same «side» as anyone wishing changes, but may have a different perspective of some of the situations.

Konstantin made a point a bit blunt but apart from love of the club all his other points were true.

Pardon me for being a bit blunt but keen to know whether the drink tasted nice apart from the obvious health benefits?

The focus on comfort means handling dynamics are a bit blunted, though the trade - off is excellent day - to - day road manners.

Not exact matches

It's another valid bit of advice for founders — communicating clearly is key to success — masked by Graham's overly blunt delivery.

I searched the web a bit and I think this gives the best explanation of the passage that makes sense — clarifying the situation without trying to just blunt Jesus's message.

I am a bit more blunt.

To get the jagged edges and uneven bites in this scallion and cucumber salad, use a rolling pin or blunt object to «smack» it into pieces.

I used to quite enjoy his ironic AOB pi ** take but bit of a blunt instrument now — he wheels it out on every comment.

McIlroy's reason for skipping the event was blunt: «I'm not going to play the Par - 3 Contest this year as it's just too much hassle and it's a bit of a distraction,» he announced to several media members.

I am sorry to be blunt here, but I am a little bit pissed off now.

So, where I feel able to, I've tried to be open about the cause, the impact, the results, the blunt reality of baby loss here on my blog, but also a little bit on social media elsewhere.

They performed the heel prick procedure on the babies, which is used routinely to obtain blood samples, and applied low - intensity forces to the surfaces of their feet, a mildly painful experimental procedure that feels a bit like being gently poked with a blunt pencil.

Instead of forcefully grinding with a sharp drill bit, Honeybee's drills use a more energy - efficient hammering motion with blunt bits to fracture the bedrock.

Janelle trimmed off the dead ends and gave me a bit more of a blunt cut as opposed to wispy layers.

I am trustworthy, honest, and maybe a bit to blunt sometimes.

I am a hard working woman with not the best luck in life im open blunt goofy sarcastic optomistic generous outdoorsy at times a bit of a princess and so much more but most of all i am kind and caring.

The bite of the plotline was blunted towards the end when O'Brien turns nice guy and the team plays just for the fun of it.

But this does not destroy the film it just blunts the impact the film could have had if it had only been a bit more tightly paced.

The film easily fits into Coppola's oeuvre and aesthetics, but I think that maybe at times it could have been more blunt and forceful with the more biting elements and moments.

There are times, like this one, when Sutton's film can be a bit more blunt than I'd like — for example, the singer croons «Please don't take my sunshine away» as a man with a gun prowls the area — and even its title as a play on the Christopher Nolan film feels a bit too clever.

On the whole, the story isn't terrible, but neither is it particularly subtle, and it tends to wield the huge blunt axe of moralizing a bit too much.

You remember that the bad guys had color - coded monikers (a device Quentin Tarantino recycled for Reservoir Dogs) and that one of them has a giveaway cold, and the chillingly «New York» demise of Shaw; all the little bits that are original to the movie, not the blunter book.

«Gorgeously shot and languidly paced, Kurosawa's film was, I have to admit, a bit of a drag, its ideas both too blunt and too obscure, and try as it might, it never quite moved me, even though plenty of tears were shed on screen.»

The latter in particular is a riot on the right road, but a bit of a blunt instrument to the Boxster's deftly wielded rapier.

Stability control allows a bit of snap - throttle oversteer that's quickly blunted after a short slide, but turn it off (it defaults to «on» with every push of the ignition button) and oversteer is as catchable and predictable as ever, so you can snap the tail into the apex more quickly.

Cabin materials are that uniquely Honda mix of the tactile (leather wheel, brushed metal highlights) and the tough (the leather - look plastic that's hard enough to blunt a tungsten carbide - tipped drill bit).

Although the car's sporting edge has been blunted a bit, we still find the 3 Series sedan and wagon exceptionally rewarding to drive.

There's less of that flexibility with the automatic, and that ends up blunting the Elantra's responsiveness a bit.

It's a bit angrier than the M5, being more a bit more brutish than the M5 but it's no blunt instrument.

The engine is still a bit of a blunt instrument, but thanks to a much lighter flywheel and various other changes, it's far more responsive than before.

The process of convincing someone that self - publishing is generally not a good idea involves being rather blunt with them and coming across, initially, as a bit of a dick.

Yes, sometimes feedback can be a bit too mean or blunt, but that's not the problem here.

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Down on the blunt ends of sheep - bitten grasses.

Maybe a little neurotic.Skylar Ellen Crosby is a typical redhead: blunt, passionate, with a bit of a temper.

Dylan was typically outspoken, and uncomfortably blunt in his opinions of me... which seems a bit ungrateful, all things considered.

I know I'm beating a dead horse here a bit, but I guess I feel like denominating results in the US Dollar is a bit arbitrary and — to be blunt — also a bit ethno - centric.

Fortunately, HQL increased its March dividend payout from 47 cents to 50 cents, so this will help blunt the damage from RSO's dividend cut a little bit.

Her tongue hangs out of her mouth for two reasons: she has no teeth left (at only 5 years old) and my vet believes she suffered blunt trauma at some point that left her whole face crooked and perhaps a bit paralyzed.

Their muzzle is blunt and topped with a wide, black nose, and they have a bit of an underbite which helps them keep a firm hold on pre... read more about the Boxer.

In conclusion, while Germany was a little slow to introduce an elbow scheme, they have bitten the bullet and to be perfectly blunt, animals born after 1st January 2004 with an elbow grading of Grade 2 or higher are not accepted within the breeding program in Germany.

Dogs and cats can sustain injuries to the brain when they are hit by a car, attacked and bitten around the head by a larger animal or shaken by a larger animal or when they fall from a height, receive a gunshot wound or suffer blunt force trauma of some kind.

Soft tissue swelling could mean a few things: insect bite or sting, infection and abscessation, or blunt tissue damage.

Look, while i see what you are saying, you also have to think about this lil bit of blunt truth.