frankness
Example Sentences
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Portraits come in many incarnations—the rigorous realism of Holbein, the rococo elegance of Gainsborough, the harsh frankness of Lucian Freud, to name just a few.
I deeply appreciated Eugene Robinson’s frankness on our current climate predicament in his March 22 op-ed, “There’s no time to wallow in despair on the climate.”
From Washington Post
He courted the media with disarming frankness and was easily stung by criticism.
From Washington Post
There is frankness, particularly in the “confessional”-style, look-straight-into-the-camera sessions so popular on reality TV.
From Seattle Times
Ironically, though, it signals to us a key superpower in their campaign: that dedication to frankness, to articulating the stakes.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
