Example Sentences

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But it’s telling that Leon, obtusely obsessed with his disastrous book, can’t fully embrace the amorous potential of his surroundings.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2023

But this film, obtusely, doesn’t dramatise Ali himself, concentrating on the elderly judges, the cue for much twinkle-eyed character acting from Frank Langella and Christopher Plummer.

From The Guardian • Apr. 16, 2020

“I found this part galling, because here he is sort of obtusely reinforcing the model-minority myth and model-minority stereotypes,” said Fang, who runs the blog Reappropriate, where she writes about Asian American and feminist issues.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2019

"Information isn't about imparting knowledge anymore," gloats Bleater obtusely.

From Slate • Sep. 23, 2013

P. convexo-plane, broadly and obtusely umb. pallid grey; with thin hoary tomentum; g. crowded, whitish then dingy, broadest behind; s. equal, often curved, pallid, base strigose; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George