frankness
Example Sentences
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“Wake me up in a hundred years, ask me what is happening in Russia,” mused Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, a 19th-century satirist, “and I’ll tell you with my usual frankness: We steal, we drink, we make war.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026
“There was a frankness in my Uncle Toby,” says Tristram, “which let you at once into his soul.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
“With his unconventional frankness and tenderness, he drew out people’s hidden qualities.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025
It was that honesty and frankness, combined with his biting touch, that made Stephen Colbert such a TV icon.
From Slate • Jul. 18, 2025
"Do you believe that two people, two strangers who have never seen one another before can speak with utter frankness and sincerity?"
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
