warts and all
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For Hartnett, shading in a complete picture, warts and all, is essential to making a character believable.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Having spent nearly 50 years telling America’s stories, warts and all, Ken Burns knows better than to traffic in the reassurance business.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2025
It’s an appropriate last play for Flynn to direct in his role as the leader of a theater committed to showing us our collective countenance, warts and all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024
It is my job to try to bring you as clear a sense as I can of what is really going on at the heart of government, warts and all.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2024
Sainte-Beuve sought to paint the portrait of the man as he was, warts and all; but he did not care for a sitter who was not worth the most loving art.
From Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms by Brander Matthews
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