How to Use matter-of-fact in a Sentence

matter-of-fact

adjective

• Ali looked matter-of-fact, as if the instance had been a slight snag.
  — Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
• The matter-of-fact Italian from Italy can't be stopped.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 3 Aug. 2023
• The story is all the more powerful for the matter-of-fact way Izgil tells it.
  — James Millward, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
• Afterward, Williams was matter-of-fact about his emotions at the end of the game.
  — Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
• Afterward, Williams was matter-of-fact about his emotions at the end of the game.
  — Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2024
• As for his own past street life, Ray has a matter-of-fact attitude.
  — Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2023
• Plus, Knibb’s calm, matter-of-fact demeanor in the midst of a could-be crisis moment won hearts.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
• Her voice sounds every bit as cool and matter-of-fact as before.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
• The news release about the football coach’s two-week suspension was short and matter-of-fact.
  — Laura Wagner, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
• The film also wants to shatter taboos, shooting bodies in a very matter-of-fact way.
  — Ben Croll, Variety, 18 May 2024
• That explains why Pereira delivered the news in such a matter-of-fact way in the wake of Wednesday’s 3-0 defeat.
  — Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
• One couple in the novel has a child on the autism spectrum, a minor plot point that’s handled in a very matter-of-fact way.
  — Shawna Seed, Dallas News, 7 July 2023
• The rest of her narrative is recounted in the same frank, matter-of-fact style as her paintings.
  — Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
• Whishaw gives Hujar’s words a matter-of-fact quality, but there’s a slight hint of melancholy to him, too.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
• Just a calm, matter-of-fact voice talking about science on the radio, online, on TV.
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 14 Feb. 2024
• It was dealt with in a very matter-of-fact way, because that’s not what interested me.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2023
• Bheed shows the scenario at the border of a town in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and portrays it in a matter-of-fact manner.
  — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
• At times while talking, Hosier is matter-of-fact, but then turns emotional.
  — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 26 May 2024
• The 28-year-old’s matter-of-fact response is backed by an impressive resume.
  — James Boyd, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
• The 28-year-old’s matter-of-fact response is backed by an impressive resume.
  — James Boyd, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
• Today, some cultures are more matter-of-fact about sweat than others.
  — WIRED, 30 Sep. 2023
• The woman is matter-of-fact but not unkind; why not show this kid something about how to conduct herself?
  — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 15 Aug. 2024
• On his website, his tone is matter-of-fact, straightforward, focused only on the pursuit of the truth.
  — Maddy Crowell, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
• One thing that struck me, too, is in the documentary, one of the women just made this really matter-of-fact comment.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
• MacPhee, who has brown-and-silver hair and a matter-of-fact disposition, had come to check on one of the trickiest parts of the installation: the hair.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• Yet Hyde, who grew up in Idaho and Oregon, is matter-of-fact about his accomplishments.
  — Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 19 Nov. 2024
• Yet Hyde, who grew up in Idaho and Oregon, is matter-of-fact about his accomplishments.
  — Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
• The accommodations, instead of feeling stifling, were matter-of-fact, encouraging and, best of all, a brief aside to the rest of the show.
  — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 29 Apr. 2025
• The adults sometimes become emotional but more shocking is the calm, matter-of-fact, narration from the children.
  — David Culver, CNN, 1 Oct. 2023
• Royko's strong acerbic wit and matter-of-fact writing punched up at the powerful, giving voice to Chicago's working class.
  — Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 15 Sep. 2024