Hit 'em on the head with a blunt instrument.

But legislation is a blunt instrument for dealing with history.

That's what they call a blow with a blunt instrument.

Call on our Miss Sash Weight of the blunt instrument department.

Death was instantaneous, caused by one blow from a heavy and blunt instrument.

Oil embargos turned out to be a blunt instrument that hurt many besides the targeted countries.

Quantitative easing is a blunt instrument, at best, and operates through highly circuitous and thus dubious channels.

He rightly believed that reducing the money supply would have been too blunt an instrument to use.

First, tighter sanctions make sense only as a diplomatic tool, not as a blunt instrument of coercion.

He had the aspect of one who had been soaked with what the newspaper chappies call some blunt instrument.

Patient capital is uncomfortable for people searching for simple solutions, easy categories, because we don't see profit as a blunt instrument.

The ECB will object, not without reason, that monetary policy is a blunt instrument with which to rebalance the European economy.

Patient capital is uncomfortable for people searching for simple solutions, easy categories, because we don't see profit as a blunt instrument.

Let me be blunt.

Whatever one thinks of laws against spreading hatred or insulting people, the law remains a blunt instrument when it came to matters of speech.

Senator, I've got to be blunt.

His remarks are blunt and unabashedly hostile.

I ended up with blunt chest trauma.

And let me be blunt about this.

2. There was a large wound on the left forearm, corresponding to a total fracture, which implied the use of a blunt instrument or the impact of a bullet.

The pain easement. To be blunt, the jug.

You asked for blunt words... so she's called.

He became more blunt. I love you terribly.

But doctor, you're far too blunt about the truth.

What a blunt fellow is this grown to be.

But all of a sudden when you're dealing with an atom, reflected light you could almost view it as too big, or too blunt of an instrument with which to observe an atom.

And I won't need any knives or blunt instruments, either.

Okay, then I'll be blunt and tell you how it is.

I think I understand. Sorry to be so blunt about it.

To be very blunt, gentlemen, my client has been thoroughly rousted.

Unlike such tools, interest rate policy is a blunt instrument for dealing with financial imbalances. And using interest rates to address such concerns may interfere with the central bank s primary objective of keeping inflation near target.

To be blunt, the rule of law must be brought to disarmament.

If this is a means of rejection, send me a blunt text.

Fermi then went on with the same blunt logic to disprove fairies,

Just be sure to lock up all blunt instruments and throwable objects.

Medical testimony will be introduced to prove that death was caused by a blow from a blunt and heavy instrument, and it is the case for the prosecution that the blow was dealt by the prisoner, Leonard Vole.

Why should I watch a movie full of weird costumes and blunt themes.

We can now see the utility of a more flexible toolkit to respond to excessive credit expansion, or asset price bubbles, where the manipulation of short term interest rates can be a blunt instrument or, worse, a double edged sword.

If criminal prosecution is too blunt an instrument to use against violent video games, there is a case for awarding damages to the victims, or families of the victims, of violent crimes committed by people who play violent video games.

Andrew Carnegie, the richest man of Veblen s era, was blunt in his moral judgments.

Xi s criticism of the North s nuclear ambitions has become both unusually public and blunt.

To be very blunt, Mr. Jessup, I'm not particularly interested in saving your neck.

Blunt and concise, like this one, which in one word renders poor Mariannina's fate

Dr. Humbert, would you mind if I am putting to you the blunt question?

The ECB will object, not without reason, that monetary policy is a blunt instrument with which to rebalance the European economy. A cut in policy rates or quantitative easing by another name will do nothing to enhance the troubled southern European economies competitiveness.