bluntly

Example Sentences

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“It’s still not that powerful,” Mantell said bluntly.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Bursting into Kenna’s quarters seemingly at will, she raids her near-empty fridge while bluntly shouldering much of the exposition.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

"There's a problem here – the fuel problem – so surely the people at the top on both sides have to sit down, figure it out," he says bluntly.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Katie Miller and her guests avoid talking too bluntly about how disciplining children is achieved.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2026

At a White House meeting, the president’s top foreign policy advisor put it bluntly: “Daniel Ellsberg is the most dangerous man in America. He must be stopped at all costs.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin