candidness

Example Sentences

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He believes Biles’ candidness about her battle with the various elements of “the twisties” has made it safer to talk about.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2023

She said her dad was “a little shocked” by her candidness on the subject and did not say much.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2022

He needed rigor — candidness and data and photos of healing wounds.

From New York Times • May 10, 2022

Rolston posed the model, one arm hidden behind her, with her right arm slightly bent and her hand turned to an open palm — a gesture of candidness that quietly resounds against her actual concealment.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2021

I was surprised by his candidness and said so.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride