candidness

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • May 10, 2022

“His smile and his candidness will reach and relate well with others on the same journey.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 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

While the candidness lightened the mood for Allison, Ella admitted that her own nerves may have caused her to dominate the date.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2020

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