frankness

Example Sentences

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She, too, counseled frankness regarding price—though she acknowledged, ruefully, that she has encountered sommeliers who judge customers based on how much they want to spend.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Judge John Woosley ruled that in “ ‘Ulysses,’ in spite of its unusual frankness, I do not detect anywhere the leer of the sensualist.”

From Slate • Aug. 21, 2025

But there’s a frankness to “Running With the Wolves” that’s refreshing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 24, 2025

Some in government admit that they expected a positive response to Reeves's radical frankness about what the government could and could not afford to do.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

But I responded with frankness: “I want to see the minister in order to raise the question of talks between the government and the ANC.”

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela