Sentence examples for direct words from inspiring English sources

The phrase "direct words" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to words that are straightforward, clear, or unambiguous in meaning.
Example: "In her speech, she used direct words to convey her message effectively."
Alternatives: "clear language" or "straightforward terms".

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"Those were his direct words".

Young people respond, albeit viscerally, to short, direct words like these.

"His direct words were, I think, 'Go big or go home,' " Canetti said.

When those direct words come from Mercury prize-winning Edinburgh innovators Young Fathers, it would be pointless to even attempt to paraphrase.

After this, however, the international response was quickly monetised, or, to quote the typically direct words of then-US ambassador to Haiti, Kenneth Merten, "the gold rush is on".

He said Sisi had not yet declared his intentions, and would only do so in an Egyptian context, "in front of the sons of the great Egyptian people, in clear and direct words, leaving no room for doubt or interpretation".

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As my respondents told me on their questionnaires, most people learned of the market plunge through direct word of mouth.

There was no direct word from the former FBI lawyer on whether she agreed with that analysis.

For three years, there had been no direct word from David Livingstone, the British missionary lost in deepest Africa.

"If we didn't have a superior product," Mr. Smith said, using a more direct word than superior, "it would just be one of those dumb names".

The first, steep decline phase is dominated by the process of communicative memory, which is the direct word-of-mouth transfer of information.

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