no-nonsense

Example Sentences

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While the 63-year-old Irish executive had little experience in the oil-and-gas industry, investors saw his no-nonsense reputation—and outsider status—as being just what was needed to rejuvenate BP.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

The effect of this is reflected in a no-nonsense comment from a police spokesman to the Nottingham Post.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

Actor James Tolkan, known for his role as the Hill Valley High principal in “Back to the Future” and the no-nonsense commanding officer in “Top Gun” has died.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

But the potential upside was that her no-nonsense approach would prove a welcome contrast, particularly as the party had announced that the focus of her address would be affordability.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

In other words, androids equipped with the new Nexus-6 brain unit had from a sort of rough, pragmatic, no-nonsense standpoint evolved beyond a major—but inferior—segment of mankind.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick