1 This malignant and terrible contortion, combined with the low forehead, blunt nose, and prognathous jaw gave the dead man a singularly simious and ape-like appearance, which was increased by his writhing, unnatural posture.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY 2 Through the bars of the prison, through the sleep haze that deflected them, blunt arrows bruised her; of love, then of hate.
3 The Black Knight thanked his deliverers with a dignity they had not observed in his former bearing, which hitherto had seemed rather that of a blunt bold soldier, than of a person of exalted rank.
4 "No," said Eustacia, looking vaguely through the window at the fire, which just then so much engaged her mind that she did not resent her grandfather's blunt opinion.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 5: 5 An Old Move Inadvertently Repeated 5 The head had been beaten in by repeated blows of some heavy and blunt weapon.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY 6 The tip had been cut off, not bitten off, but the cut was not a clean one, so I deduced a blunt pen-knife.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY 7 They have been cut off with a blunt instrument, which would hardly happen if a student had done it.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box 8 He liked Jo, for her odd, blunt ways suited him, and she seemed to understand the boy almost as well as if she had been one herself.
9 "No, I don't," was the blunt reply.
10 I'll try not to, but I'm always possessed to burst out with some particularly blunt speech or revolutionary sentiment before her.
11 We both bowed, and then we laughed, for the prim introduction and the blunt addition were rather a comical contrast.
12 And though his questions were unpleasantly blunt, they seemed actuated by a friendly interest.
13 His black shoes were blunt and not well polished.
14 The blunt head of the column pushed.
15 Topsy gave the short, blunt laugh that was her common mode of expressing incredulity.