How to Use obtuse in a Sentence

obtuse

adjective

• He is too obtuse to take a hint.
• At first Driss was played for gasps, rather than laughs—as an obtuse thug who’d done some bad things in the past and might do more of them again.
  — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2019
• But her promise is a sign of tech’s obtuse thinking about jobs.
  — Kevin Maney, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2016
• Pulisic’s finish, from an awkward, wildly obtuse angle to the right of the goal, skimmed into the net.
  — Andrew Das, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2017
• Power of the Dog is in no rush to show its hand, and the film can feel almost willfully obtuse in its pacing and plot.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2021
• Daughter 2 would have to be stubborn or obtuse to deny this.
  — Carolyn Hax, Detroit Free Press, 31 July 2017
• Because screenshots are still a little bit of an obtuse thing.
  — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 18 Nov. 2022
• The world of investments and returns can be obtuse to a newcomer.
  — Jordan McMahon, Wired, 27 Jan. 2022
• It’s a willfully obtuse villain tale as old as the Dire Hard series.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 28 Mar. 2021
• CarPlay, in any form, makes the default menu systems in every modern car feel obtuse and lethargic.
  — Alexander George, Popular Mechanics, 20 Oct. 2019
• The eye under-reacts to acute angles and over-reacts to obtuse angles.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2020
• Expect obtuse funk, play-worthy theatrics, and a whole lot of costume changes.
  — Dylan Owens, The Know, 13 Apr. 2017
• Even its most obtuse moments are gorgeously shot, with a soundtrack full of '80s bangers.
  — Scott Meslow, GQ, 21 Feb. 2018
• Not for everyone, but in general, your mid-30s are some fairly obtuse years in a man's life.
  — Marcos Breton, sacbee, 13 May 2018
• The scandal had played out in all the newspapers, in which Wright came off as obtuse and entitled, if not morally bankrupt.
  — John Glassie, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2019
• While that might seem inherently obtuse, that is the right filter to view all things Florida vs. Georgia on the field.
  — Jeff Sentell, ajc, 28 Sep. 2017
• On the other hand, if Warren had been obtuse, ignorant, and unready, that wouldn’t have worked, either.
  — Katha Pollitt, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2020
• Even if the plot is mostly obtuse, the clip still feels like a grand, golden-age Hollywood film ripe for rediscovery.
  — Billboard, 29 July 2021
• These are sprawling multi-part prog-jam-jazz-world music suites full of obtuse lyrics about flaming angels and hopes of paradise.
  — Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
• That is obtuse at best, and may well be deemed by historians of the future as outright negligence.
  — Robert Bateman, Esquire, 24 Aug. 2017
• That might seem obtuse, but the principle is simple to see in practice in their most recent production.
  — Arvind Dilawar, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2017
• All of the above were at one time the latest obtuse term for some complicated technology that’s been hyped as the next leap in gaming graphics.
  — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 14 June 2019
• This is a heavy and obtuse game that loves to throw you into the water while only occasionally letting you up for air.
  — Charles Theel, Ars Technica, 28 Oct. 2017
• Doyle doesn’t talk down to the audience, though, keeping some of his pop-culture references obscure and obtuse.
  — Curtis Silver, WIRED, 28 June 2010
• Yes, Larry always goes well with obtuse goggles and champagne spray.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023
• Like Brooke, Garner has an ear for the voice of mass condemnation—man-on-the-street hot takes, steaming with obtuse inference; gloating, fear, pride.
  — Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
• Our policies in Afghanistan and Iraq were similarly obtuse.
  — Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018
• Not every pyramidal piece looks the same—some are a bit more obtuse, others slightly more vertical.
  — Priya Krishna, Bon Appetit, 5 July 2017
• The show was a surprise hit and made Tobin the most obtuse act to ride the wave of early ’00s electronic music spectacles to festival stages worldwide.
  — Joshua Glazer, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2019
• Initially, Kevin is earnest and amusingly obtuse while botching take after take of a pre-fight promo and fumbling through a date with his soon-to-be wife (Lily James, charmingly plucky).
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024