warts and all
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
And though the book has its shortcomings, he rightly sees the movie as a kind of passkey into the history of the first half-century of Hollywood itself, warts and all.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025
Having spent nearly 50 years telling America’s stories, warts and all, Ken Burns knows better than to traffic in the reassurance business.
From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025
Some see Crowther as an unfairly maligned man of his time, and his effigy as an important part of the state’s history, warts and all.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024
Her tough stance on terror, non-aligned foreign policy and efforts to help Rohingya refugees — “all of this has made her government, warts and all, fully acceptable to much of the world,” Kugelman said.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2024
"Paint me just as I am, warts and all," said Oliver Cromwell to the artist who, thinking to please the great man, had omitted a mole.
From Pushing to the Front by Marden, Orison Swett
