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

It was wrapped in a directness that he had spent years avoiding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

Ultimately it was a combination of acknowledging City's fatigue and strong counter-attackers, while wanting to minimise Arsenal's quality - particularly the home side's directness, build-up and central attackers - that help explain the unique approach.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2025

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

The original has the marks of early Greek poetry, great simplicity and directness and delight in the beautiful world.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton