Sentence examples for air of frankness from inspiring English sources

But the well-regarded CEO also promised to do the job, and brought a new air of frankness and accountability that several shareholders including retired Schering employees and founder Abe Plough's former lawyer applauded.

Regardless of the innuendo about Roman religious tyranny or comparisons to early Christian history, the sermon is given, as Ehrenpreis claims, with an "air of simplicity, frankness, common sense, and spontaneity" that "disarms the listener".

His utterances rang of frankness and sincerity.

People today are afraid of frankness, he thinks.

He believes a European decade has been wasted through a lack of frankness and realism.

There are rampant possibilities for phoniness, and for the loss of frankness Mr Gelernter fears.

But they did not like the prime minister's lack of frankness about his plans.

Diplomats and academics have been discussing the possibility of North Korea's collapse with a new degree of frankness.

"There was a lot of frankness, a lot of hugging, a lot of emotion".

"That kind of frankness scares people in the campaign," he added.

The idea of "frankness and candour" is interesting in that respect.