How to Use directness in a Sentence

directness

noun

• But the earnestness at the root of this directness is the great strength of Bedford Falls.
  — Jack Butler, National Review, 25 Dec. 2023
• In fact, candidness, directness, and drive are the name of the game as the planets start to stack up in Aries.
  — Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com, 4 Apr. 2021
• And to me, the guiding points are fairness and directness.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2022
• The directness and simplicity earns the first Bond movie the No. 1 slot.
  — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2019
• This record, almost all of them have that directness about them.
  — Grant Sharples, SPIN, 28 Apr. 2023
• His floppy hair swoops back off his forehead with the same dip and curl, his eyes have the same savvy directness.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2021
• Part of the reason that Paramore’s early music has aged so well has been the directness of Williams’s lyrics.
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
• Guettel’s score is worth waiting for, even constrained by the directness of the premise.
  — Vulture, 6 June 2023
• In his first turn in Bond's tux, Daniel Craig brings a macho directness to the familiar role.
  — Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 29 May 2024
• Still, the soft directness of her eyes and voice was more intimate than my question.
  — Mary Gaitskill, The New Yorker, 8 July 2019
• The directness and the candor may be, in part, because federal judges are seated on the bench for life.
  — Tierney Sneed, CNN, 13 Aug. 2021
• Intense from the get-go, there’s something about the directness of its bassline that resonates no matter what.
  — Raisa Bruner, Time, 8 Jan. 2020
• The surprise comes with the weighting, feel and directness of the steering, which heightens confidence through the turns and helps shrink the size and bulk of this XXL-sized sport ute.
  — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2022
• Davis said he also was helped by the emotional directness of the Finnish people.
  — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Jan. 2022
• His directness is a gift rarely mastered; Ross Barkley has been living off the hopes of such a talent for almost two years now.
  — SI.com, 9 Oct. 2017
• But for me, being there felt like a fist-down-on-the-table expression of life in its directness and beauty.
  — Alli Harvey, Alaska Dispatch News, 19 July 2017
• Cosentino says the play contains bits of dry humor, poignance and the bluntness/directness for which Atwood is known.
  — cleveland, 5 Oct. 2019
• Still, for as clear on the album as her themes of grief and loss are, the expansiveness and warmth underscore the newfound directness of her lyrics, and the hope in them.
  — Sam Schulz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2024
• The sheer scale and brutal directness of what was going on urged me to look inward at my own symptoms of the philistine terror of change.
  — Darryl Pinckney, The New York Review of Books, 20 Aug. 2020
• This kind of heart-on-sleeve storytelling suffuses Cry Macho, and that directness wouldn’t work in the hands of most.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2021
• Rupe’s directness extends to his support for those who work on the local theater scene.
  — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2022
• Kudos to Ronen, but such directness should have happened a long time ago.
  — Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 June 2021
• My songs had a simplicity and a directness about them that the band was hungry to play… and played really well.
  — Bill Kopp, SPIN, 31 May 2024
• But that frank directness of approach allows for real wit to enter in, as well.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 13 Jan. 2022
• The 21-year-old has thoroughly impressed in his short time on Tyneside with the directness and pace being a sight for sore eyes.
  — SI.com, 7 Feb. 2018
• In a short statement rare in its directness, the E.U. expressed deep frustration.
  — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2020
• Some people like directness, while others might need you to change the tone of your voice, which might mean talking more softly or sweetly.
  — WSJ, 25 July 2017
• Scott is an advocate for honesty and directness even in the best of circumstances.
  — Sarah Todd, Quartz at Work, 9 Apr. 2020
• Here, even those most firmly ensconced in the firmament speak with a blunt directness that keeps the show racing forward.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 20 Jan. 2022
• This may be true to the directness of the tech world, but presenting Kalanick so straightforwardly as a boor means that there’s nowhere for this story to take us.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 22 Feb. 2022

Last Updated: 6 Oct 2024