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
• 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
• Good metaphors can make a complex and obtuse world seem exciting and accessible.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2012
• All this happened while the Board of Trustees kept its faith in Simon for far too long and appointed Engler to replace her, in addition to making its own obtuse remarks about the abuse.
  — Michelle R. Martinelli, For The Win, 26 Apr. 2018

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024