Example sentences for: forthright

How can you use “forthright” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Many readers checked in to say that they applauded the former senator's forthright approach to a real problem.

  • The draft contains clear and forthright apologies and no mention of Kenneth Starr.

  • Potential presidents--like astronauts, Olympic athletes, and other Americans playing on an international stage--still had to carry a lot of symbolic baggage: They had to appear as forthright champions in a historic contest, disciplined leaders who embodied national values.

  • Murdoch admitted he had asked HarperCollins to drop the book but said the executives should have been forthright about it, instead of inventing nonsensical reasons.

  • Brocade or chiffon dresses covered in who-knows-what utterances in beautiful Chinese and Arabic script, or dresses wittily made of paper printed with the New York Yellow Pages, all express a joyful relish in the decay of the written word, a forthright pleasure in the way its meaning has been draining away.


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