The argument also reflects a broader discontent with Sarkozy and his often blunt-edged tactics among union activists and their sympathizers. ❋ Edward Cody (2010)
Around the park where old men wave their wooden swords in unison, blunt-edged glory boiling in their veins. ❋ Nicolette Wong (2011)
That al-Qaeda attacks Western targets and visits outrages upon innocent civilians does not mean it is not also a blunt-edged weapon selectively deployed by imperialism to stoke ethnic and religious tensions in areas deemed vital to US geostrategic interests. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Republicans have already shown they want to use whatever action Obama takes as a blunt-edged political weapon to continue their campaign to delegitimize his presidency. ❋ Unknown (2009)
In her outrage, McCarthy dared to compare the seeming indifference of many of her fellow citizens to the blunt-edged sword of technological destruction we had loosed on Vietnam to the moral obtuseness of ordinary Germans under Adolf Hitler. ❋ Unknown (2009)
But flying over the Pashtun wildlands is the blunt-edged face of predation and death, ready at a moment's notice to deliver hellfire to those below. ❋ Unknown (2009)
To put it another way, Obama's key officials seem to be opting not for blunt-edged, Bush-style militarism, but for what might be thought of as an administrative push in Iraq, what Vice President Joe Biden has called "a much more aggressive program vis-à-vis the Iraqi government to push it to political reconciliation." ❋ Unknown (2009)
The platform bed held a bare mattress, and the only other features were a built-in desk and bench, and a stainless-steel blunt-edged shelf mounted to the wall. ❋ Patterson, James, 1947- (2005)
When cutting, you can use either a pair of baby nail scissors with the rounded tips, or blunt-edged nose-hair scissors, which some dads say are even easier to maneuver. ❋ Gary Greenberg (2004)
The man obediently marched forward with heavy oval shield, lifted a blunt-edged Roman gladius, and began hacking at the wood with vigor, his companions laughing good-naturedly at his effort. ❋ Dietrich, William (2004)
The blunt-edged metal sword snapped both his arms like dry sticks, and continued with momentum unchecked. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1990)
Using the same piece of bone, the toolmaker retouched the entire blade edge of a smaller, rounder flake into a steep convex form, creating a sturdy, slightly blunt-edged tool that would not break easily from the pressure of scraping wood or animal hides, and would not tear the skins. ❋ Auel, Jean M. (1980)
She waited an instant for the crackling sound of splitting wood, and when none came she took the blunt-edged triangular froe, and holding it with one hand tapped it into the chunk of wood with the maul, careful to keep the sinking froe in line with the ax. ❋ Harriette Arnow (1954)
It is next fed between rolls in front of a rapidly revolving blunt-edged knife which throws out more of the dirt through a screen. ❋ Kate Heintz Watson (N/A)
These buildings, with their quaint blunt-edged red walls and their contents, transport one immediately to what used to be known as "the dark continent." ❋ Unknown (1924)
Cold and bitter on our long-wrapped senses strike the harsh, blunt-edged realities of every-day existence. ❋ Effie Afton (1858)
