warts and all
Example Sentences
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A "warts and all" assessment of the impact of the North Coast 500 road trip has been ordered amid concerns about overtourism.
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025
Some see Crowther as an unfairly maligned man of his time, and his effigy as an important part of the state’s history, warts and all.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024
Annette’s performance is as astonishing as it is the truest extension of her willingness to play Diana Nyad, warts and all.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024
Her tough stance on terror, non-aligned foreign policy and efforts to help Rohingya refugees — “all of this has made her government, warts and all, fully acceptable to much of the world,” Kugelman said.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 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 Matthews, Brander
