frankness
Example Sentences
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His frankness about local housing opposition turned him into something of a hero for the “yes in my backyard,” pro-development movement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
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
It was that honesty and frankness, combined with his biting touch, that made Stephen Colbert such a TV icon.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2025
Some in government admit that they expected a positive response to Reeves's radical frankness about what the government could and could not afford to do.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
Besides, I was out of practice in talking to him: his reserve was again frozen over, and my frankness was congealed beneath it.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
