directness
Example Sentences
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Ben Gannon-Doak – Pace and directness caused alarm bells in Haiti backline every time he got the ball.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
It was wrapped in a directness that he had spent years avoiding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
But when he got it right, his lyrics had an aphoristic directness that made them seem more hewn than written.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Arsenal have looked to introduce directness and counter-attacking threat, but how did their players adapt?
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2025
The flagellae that beat in synchrony to propel myxotricha with such directness turn out, on closer scrutiny with the electron microscope, not to be flagellae at all.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
