Example sentences for: obtuse

How can you use “obtuse” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But to get back to your question yesterday about Ron Perelman (and the Ron Perelmans of the world), why is it that men (sorry, Kurt) are so obtuse about this?

  • Safire castigates the Department of Justice for being obtuse in the face of this evidence and urges the Senate to step up its investigative efforts to fill the void because "a widespread, criminal conspiracy to violate Federal election laws stares the nation in the face."

  • The editorial celebrates the "obtuse and suicidal" choice of the French electorate, particularly because it will kill hope for a common European currency.

  • The ethicists who testified at the hearing were obtuse to this conundrum.

  • It's always nice to be noticed, but Ebert's implication--that it's silly to be conflicted about the work of an artist, even one whose technical and emotional smarts have matured at different rates--is willfully obtuse.


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