beating around the bush

Example Sentences

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“And they were always beating around the bush, like, ‘Yeah, we’re here for now.’”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

I’ve willingly stuck it out through every movie in the horror series, so there’s no use beating around the bush: “Saw” is my kind of trash.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2023

“There’s no beating around the bush there. But we’ve got a lot of belief in our locker room, and we’ve just got to break through.”

From Washington Times • May 23, 2023

“There’s no beating around the bush: protection against floods, rebuilding cities to make them resilient against climate change costs money,” she told reporters in Berlin.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2021

There was no point beating around the bush.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling