unvarnished
Example Sentences
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The episode is also remembered as the last time a U.S. president resorted to an unvarnished nuclear threat, when Richard Nixon warned Moscow off by raising the U.S. military alert status to Defcon 3.
Seattle linebacker Ernest Jones IV stepped up to the microphone and with unvarnished vigor defended his quarterback.
From Los Angeles Times
Unsurprisingly, the unvarnished thoughts couldn’t be put back into the bottle.
“The truth is laid bare in the complaint — unvarnished, unflinching, undeniable. We welcome our day in court.”
From Los Angeles Times
But those instances were matched by unvarnished comments that appeared genuine, and risked alienating some of his base.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
