frankness

Example Sentences

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“Wake me up in a hundred years, ask me what is happening in Russia,” mused Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, a 19th-century satirist, “and I’ll tell you with my usual frankness: We steal, we drink, we make war.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

Judge John Woosley ruled that in “ ‘Ulysses,’ in spite of its unusual frankness, I do not detect anywhere the leer of the sensualist.”

From Slate • Aug. 21, 2025

But there’s a frankness to “Running With the Wolves” that’s refreshing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 24, 2025

Doris was known for her frankness, as well as for refusing to make the salad for Neil the Baby's christening.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2025

Yet Maggie, Kate, and Leah’s “whole deportment exhibited … frankness and sincerity …” Greeley found himself trusting these sisters.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock