frankness

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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

Portraits come in many incarnations—the rigorous realism of Holbein, the rococo elegance of Gainsborough, the harsh frankness of Lucian Freud, to name just a few.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

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

‘Ach! sss!’ said Gollum, covering his ears with his hands, as if such frankness, and the open speaking of the names, hurt him.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien