forthrightness

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of forthrightness For parents, the name of the game is forthrightness. Nona Han, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forthrightness
Noun
  • What if leadership looked less like certainty — and more like honesty?
    Rochelle Ratkaj, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Over nearly three decades, Baumbach has built a career chronicling families in crisis and artists at the crossroads, his films combining biting wit with an unflinching emotional honesty.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The earnestness and sincerity that characterized so much music from the late ’90s were overtaken by the sneering rage of nu metal.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2025
  • And yet, Lightfoot’s stubborn purity is surely why listeners recognize his sincerity in memorializing such a tragic event.
    John U. Bacon, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Collier, who was injured during the playoff series, read from a prepared statement that shocked everyone watching—if not for its contents, for its frankness.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Though Roan is a total force on stage, polished and magnetic while trouncing around a set made to look like an illustrated fairytale castle, the show is not without her signature frankness.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Pace was central to everything good about Forest, who were set up to hit opposition with explosive speed and directness on the counter-attack through players such as Anthony Elanga and Callum Hudson-Odoi.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In films like that, the cultural commentary comes more from metaphor than with the bluntness and directness of The Purge.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In films like that, the cultural commentary comes more from metaphor than with the bluntness and directness of The Purge.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • There’s been a bluntness all season to the Hermits’ chats that ordinarily might grate on me.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Her question, in Lipe-Smith’s inquisitive piccolo of a voice, is heartbreaking in its blend of straightforwardness and desperate desire, as is her mother’s wavering response.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Not often is an older woman’s sexuality celebrated on screen with such candor.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The prince showed candor rarely seen in public.
    Max Foster, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Kirk's outspokenness helped dissuade those fears.
    Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • While the rise of GLP-1s brings a myriad of valid concerns − such as its contribution to disordered eating and promotion of thinness as the ideal body type − Williams' outspokenness is a crucial, balanced example of healthy and transparent GLP-1 usage.
    Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Forthrightness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forthrightness. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on forthrightness

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!