bluntly

Example Sentences

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Sherman, who has been in Congress since 1997, dismissed the generational-change argument bluntly.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Another cabinet minister told me in recent weeks Starmer has been "bluntly self critical" and has recognised privately that he has to step up.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Outside, Ahmed, a voter originally from Iraq, put it more bluntly: “Twenty years ago, this didn’t exist,” he told me.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

On “Fox & Friends,” co-host Ainsley Earhardt bluntly asked “why now” at the start of an interview with the first lady’s top adviser the next day.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

But they’d sat her down in the living room and put it bluntly: this art thing was a waste of time.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng