bluntness
Example Sentences
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“Far from it,” he said with uncharacteristic bluntness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
“Squid Game,” for all its bluntness, tries to hold up a mirror to the real world, where a cursory look around lets us know how little society values the lives of women and children.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2025
A lot of people “don’t really understand what he did,” Spencer said with characteristic bluntness in another interview on the eve of a 2011 presidential debate at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2025
But Rashid’s bluntness and candour have also landed him in trouble.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024
I feel bad when she looks slightly taken aback at my bluntness, her blond eyebrows arching up in surprise.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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