directness

Example Sentences

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Do these trends point to a regression in tactics by Premier League teams, who now favour physicality and directness over technical prowess?

From BBC • Mar. 18, 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

It’s a level of directness that I would never have had.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2025

Theirs was a passionate rejection of America, for they sensed with that directness of which only the simple are capable that they had no chance to live a full human life in America.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright