plainspoken
Example Sentences
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A plainspoken veteran with a dense beard and a closet full of grimy sweatshirts, Platner fit the bill.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
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
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
The plainspoken lifestyle mogul, who has not held back on her criticism of R.J.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
It was the plainspoken convictions of one of Atlanta’s numerous young black collegians who often visited our local Temple Fifteen.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
