frankness

Example Sentences

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In Marlaine Delargy’s translation from the Swedish, “Mount Verity” confronts these anguished contradictions with disarming frankness and calm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“There was a frankness in my Uncle Toby,” says Tristram, “which let you at once into his soul.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Judge John Woosley ruled that in “ ‘Ulysses,’ in spite of its unusual frankness, I do not detect anywhere the leer of the sensualist.”

From Slate • Aug. 21, 2025

Then he talked with great frankness, sounding like a slightly homesick son stuck overseas, when he spoke about wanting reconciliation.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

With his usual frankness, the Iceman admitted everything he had done but explained why he had done it.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand