Sentence examples of "émoussée" in French

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Translations: all5 blunt3 dull2
Il a été tué par une arme émoussée. He was killed by a blunt weapon.
La pointe du crayon s'est émoussée. The point of the pencil has become dull.
Mon épée peut être émoussée, mais c'est plus qu'il n'en faut pour quelqu'un comme toi. My sword may be blunt, but that's more than enough for someone like you.
Le couteau était si émoussé que je ne pus couper la viande avec et je dus recourir à mon couteau de poche. The knife was so blunt that I could not cut the meat with it and I resorted to my pocket knife.
À la cuisine, vous êtes davantage susceptible de vous couper avec un couteau émoussé qu'avec un couteau aiguisé. In the kitchen, you're more apt to cut yourself with a dull knife than with a sharp one.
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