plainspoken

Example Sentences

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But Mr. Markovits’s writing is restrained and plainspoken, and it draws us in with the fidelity by which it inhabits Tom’s dejection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

It’s a challenge to write from the perspective of a child without being arch or cutesy — stories about kids learning about the real world can degrade to plainspoken YA or cheap melodrama.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025

Even plainspoken terms like “nature” are suspect, in Hawken’s view: The concept only seems to exist to mark a separation between humans and the rest of the world.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2025

A plainspoken champion of the outer boroughs, Adams pitched himself as a true moderate, one who had served the city as an officer of the law.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2024

Our friendship was built on a plainspoken candor that I think we both enjoyed.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama