bluntly

Example Sentences

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Leala Hernandez, a new San Diego State University graduate still looking for a job as an accountant, puts her feelings about AI more bluntly: “I wish it wasn’t here.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Sherman, who has been in Congress since 1997, dismissed the generational-change argument bluntly.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Torres captured the broader institutional despair bluntly when he admitted he lacked confidence in regulators but felt there was “no choice but to agitate for accountability.”

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Outside, Ahmed, a voter originally from Iraq, put it more bluntly: “Twenty years ago, this didn’t exist,” he told me.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

“We’re talking failure to the square root,” was the way he bluntly described it.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger