directness
Example Sentences
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Ben Gannon-Doak – Pace and directness caused alarm bells in Haiti backline every time he got the ball.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
Plain language, ordinary intimacies—Ebert’s directness makes it possible to feel the moment with nearly the same unbearable immediacy that Penn creates in the film.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
The film sets its absurdities aside for a final moment of sincere directness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
But when he got it right, his lyrics had an aphoristic directness that made them seem more hewn than written.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
He looks out at us with astonishing directness, as if he were reading us with the same intensity that we bring to bear on his strongly modeled features.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
