In an industry known for colorless chief executives, Mr. Rowe has made himself visible by wielding a blunt stick and an even blunter tongue.

Still, two thousand is better than a poke in the eye with a blunt stick.

Still as a statue, he made no reaction as Saigo raised a blunt, black stick from waist level.

Egyptian soldiers practiced a sort of sport fencing using blunt sticks as a sort of primitive waster.

As I approached her, I switched hands with my weapons so that the pointed stick would be between me and the wall and the blunt stick would be on the outside.

A split second behind the thrust, I snapped a backhand blow at her head with my blunt stick.

I backpedaled, clumsily, striking at her extended arm with my blunt stick.

The Earthman looked curiously at the long blunt stick of springy wood, with braided leather covering the edge and tip, then experimentally gripped it in his palm.

Digging for roots with a blunt stick.

The idea is to trip up the bull with a long, blunt stick.