directness
Example Sentences
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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
It was wrapped in a directness that he had spent years avoiding.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026
The film sets its absurdities aside for a final moment of sincere directness.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025
Arsenal have looked to introduce directness and counter-attacking threat, but how did their players adapt?
From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025
The original has the marks of early Greek poetry, great simplicity and directness and delight in the beautiful world.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
