bluntness

Drawing on her experience at both giant corporations like Google and scrappy startups, Cate Sevilla’s new book is a blunt, charismatic, and witty guide to surviving the workplace, no matter how big or small it might be.

The blunt instrument of fiscal policy isn’t likely to keep everyone afloat for much longer.

The audience laughed at the bluntness, and at the expectation that an answer could be had so easily.

Christie has “a lot of aspects that people really like, boldness, bluntness,” Vander Plaats said.

Thus he plays his weak hand with a bluntness that often backfires.

Sometimes her bluntness felt painful, but her lack of hypocrisy was inspiring.

“They will die,” Fugate responded with characteristic bluntness.

That unsparing country bluntness—don't you think it's perfectly delightful?

She would do what she could to curb her father's uncompromising bluntness of speech, and would keep him off dangerous topics.

"I'd like to take up that loan and save the rest of the year's interest, Deacon Rowley," stated Mayo, with sailorly bluntness.

Sedgett took his bluntness as a matter to be endured for the honour of hob-a-nobbing with a gentleman.

Dr. Johnson has recorded the long list of his infirmities with an almost chilling bluntness; but, alas!