Sentence examples for plain spoken from inspiring English sources

"plain spoken" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe someone who speaks or communicates in a clear and straightforward manner, without wasting words. For example, "She was a plain spoken woman, and never minced words when giving an opinion."

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Jack: He is very plain spoken and no nonsense.

"I decided that he would be plain spoken and not waste a lot of words.

After all they're from Yorkshire, where plain spoken is the native tongue.

Yorkshire people are famously plain spoken.

But where Mr Sageman is plain spoken, Mr Byman is often hesitant and diffuse.

He's plain spoken and not given to hyperbole and grand emotion.

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Republican gaffes are silly "senior moments" or "plain-spoken" talk.

If Madison spoke softly, it was the plain-spoken Monroe who carried the big stick.

He was also plain-spoken.

They're pared down and plain-spoken.

Often her plain-spoken way turns poetic.

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