mince no words
Example Sentences
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It is no wonder union officials mince no words in describing the situation.
From Washington Times • Aug. 8, 2017
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Oakland’s police department is reeling from scandal, and that prompted Mayor Libby Schaaf to mince no words Friday.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2016
As for the current crisis, Mr. Bishop and Mr. Green mince no words in analyzing the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers.
From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2010
In a report by the Space Science Board of the National Academy of Science, the experts mince no words about two costly sacred cows: manned interplanetary flight and redundancy of experiments.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Myrt, to mince no words, you lied; Oh, that I should live to know it!
From Tobogganing on Parnassus by Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce)