bluntness
Example Sentences
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“And we were all on the side of Vasily Grossman, who didn’t write messages. Bluntness looks ideological.”
From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2019
To American Watchdog on Afghan Reconstruction, Bluntness Is a Weapon KABUL, Afghanistan — John F. Sopko is a 61-year-old former prosecutor who believes “embarrassing people works.”
From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2013
Bluntness is of limited value in Washington, however, as Bernanke quickly found out.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bluntness and bare-faced Flattery Can never with the Court agree.
From Aesop Dress'd Or a collection of Fables by La Fontaine, Jean de
Bluntness of manner is no longer excused on the ground that the speaker is sincere and outspoken.
From Talks on Talking by Kleiser, Grenville
