Sentence examples for forthrightness in from inspiring English sources

That forthrightness, in both comedy and drama, was the source of his power and his popularity.

We strongly applaud your forthrightness in confronting rather than skirting the problem of racism.

It combines a forthrightness in flavour with an exquisite sense of balance.

She has a daring sexual forthrightness in her scenes with Mr. Forrest; she seems drenched in her desire for him.

The emails that were stolen suggested a lack of forthrightness in the presentation of some climate data.

His forthrightness in confessing the incident to the relevant American authorities, including J. Edgar Hoover, protected him from any professional harm.

That much its executives acknowledge, with a forthrightness unusual in the industry.

In the opposite direction, surveying a weakened and divisive Europe, whose resolve and forthrightness are in question as it stumbles from nonsolution to nonsolution of its economic and financial crises, the Turkish president, Abdullah Gul, insists his country has accumulated as much political influence internationally as the entire E.U. combined.

While the doctors who testified for Mr. Hinckley said they did not believe his reading tastes were "clinically significant," the government doctors said his willingness to withhold information suggested a "lack of forthrightness," especially in the case of the book about Ms. Foster.

His forthrightness, Sample wrote in his 1970 autobiography, sprang from growing up in segregated Cape Charles, Va.

In the months that followed, tens of thousands of American women, inspired by Mrs. Ford's forthrightness and courage in facing her illness, crowded into doctors' offices and clinics for breast-cancer examinations.