directness
Example Sentences
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Plain language, ordinary intimacies—Ebert’s directness makes it possible to feel the moment with nearly the same unbearable immediacy that Penn creates in the film.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
In attack, United played in a way that was true to their traditions, taking advantage of their speed and directness.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026
It was wrapped in a directness that he had spent years avoiding.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026
Where “Will” is told with a straightforward directness, confronting practical realities, “Nightshift” is a film of ambiguous evocation, existing in an interzone between waking, dreaming and nightmare.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2025
Ordinarily Holmes looked at Mrs. Lawrence with a directness that was unsettling, but now he avoided her gaze.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
