Sentence examples for forthright do from inspiring English sources

BOB HOPE: That doesn't sound so honest And it's hardly forthright Do you want to pay me now Or wait until tonight?

The first is its comically plaintive choice of song titles, including "Are You Sure?," "Rock Bottom," "Why Do I Always Get It Wrong?," and, from 2000, the forthright "Don't Play That Song Again".

Maurice Richardson, in his review for The Observer was forthright: "do not miss this", he urged, saying that "Mr. Fleming continues to be irresistibly readable, however incredible".

To do this, he listed Cosan Limited on the New York Stock Exchange, since Brazil's Novo Mercado, where Cosan was listed at the time, does not allow such arrangements.Mr Mello, who is splendidly forthright, did not let the subsequent controversy bother him overly.

But being so forthright doesn't necessarily breed the trustworthy reputation that Microsoft is seeking, says Russ Cooper, who has the title of surgeon general at security consulting firm TruSecure in Herndon, Va., and edits the NTBugtraq mailing list service.

Be true, be forthright, and don't get caught up in other people's ideas of what being in love is like, or some inherited ideal of a love poem.

The new Mrs Leach, an abrasive and forthright Texan, did not go down well with Marshall and his team, and there was inevitable friction in the years ahead.

A non-conformist known for being forthright, Fingleton did not enjoy military discipline.

U.S. Representative John Conyers, the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, said in a statement that Holder had been "forthright and did not mislead the committee".

Mr Farage of UKIP was more forthright: "If you don't vote, you can't complain," he wrote.

Deane is forthright: "If you don't have something to do in your 80s you can just sit and do nothing," she says.