How to Use unvarnished in a Sentence

unvarnished

adjective

• I'm telling the unvarnished truth.
• If you want my unvarnished opinion, the movie stinks.
• Bill McCreary told the unvarnished truth, and that’s what set him apart.
  — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 11 May 2021
• Here’s the unvarnished truth: All of this was just the beginning.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Dec. 2020
• The Story of Lil Baby, an unvarnished look at the 27-year-old’s rise to fame and his place in the pantheon of Atlanta rap.
  — Sarah Grant, SPIN, 7 June 2022
• But none have come close to Trump’s unvarnished quid pro quo on spending.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
• Some parents are big on not waiting to tell the unvarnished truth.
  — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2022
• Many were entranced by Danielle’s unvarnished, tell-it-like-it-is style.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024
• Where some saw hate speech, others saw an unvarnished version of the truth.
  — Peter Holley, Washington Post, 7 June 2017
• Much of it is unpainted and unvarnished, making the 22 rooms redolent with the scent of the forest.
  — Ann Abel, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
• Thornberry said of the unvarnished opinions Trump shared with The Sun.
  — Washington Post, 13 July 2018
• Working from home has revealed the agility of many types of work, this is no longer an unvarnished truth.
  — Elizabeth Uviebinené, refinery29.com, 25 Apr. 2021
• That episode, like most of Bourdain's work, was both unvarnished and loving.
  — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2019
• Her date, Jack, on the other hand, is unvarnished at dinner.
  — Karmen Fox, baltimoresun.com, 2 Oct. 2017
• The simple, unvarnished truth about the paths traveled by the two teams: The Cubs repeatedly got it right.
  — Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 May 2017
• Of course this will all occur behind closed doors with the first unvarnished public look coming in the April 17 A-Day Game.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 19 Mar. 2021
• Self-Portrait is not an exercise in setting the record straight, the unvarnished truth about a great man.
  — Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 29 Oct. 2020
• Yet the unvarnished record shows that Harvard’s use of race is hardly tailored at all.
  — Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2020
• While some saw a frank, unvarnished look at the U.S., other saw it as un-American.
  — Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com, 20 July 2019
• This was a week of oddly unvarnished performances from the stars.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
• Their world was my world, and Blume paints an unvarnished picture of what life is like for maturing girls.
  — Usa Today Staff, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2021
• Their leaders were the public faces Americans turned to for the unvarnished truth.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 16 Oct. 2020
• What about Cronin’s tendency to share his unvarnished thoughts with the media?
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
• Over the next four years, the woman who rose to fame dishing the unvarnished truth about others had become her own hottest topic.
  — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2022
• Both books were bestsellers and acclaimed for their unvarnished approach to the celebrity tell-all.
  — Max Colchester, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2022
• The unvarnished views caused a furious tweetstorm of insults in reply from the White House.
  — Washington Post, 10 July 2019
• This is the unvarnished telling of the New England Patriots story.
  — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
• Few top 40 smashes bleed with this type of unvarnished heartbreak.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2022
• Reading Jacobs’ script, the actress admired his unvarnished approach to grief, as well as the dark humor that cuts through.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024
• Now, though, with Baldwin’s stewardship, we’re finally given an unvarnished look.
  — Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024