Sentence examples for was not outright from inspiring English sources

If it was not outright condemnation for failing to fight back – "sheep to the slaughter" – it was a more invidious form of suspicion.

And Ives, misogynistic when he was not outright misanthropic, found them both — though "among the strongest and greatest in all art" — "too much" emasculated.

"We feel that we are still unsure how the project is going to impact on the environment, ecologies, economies and society at large," said Mr. Du, the geographer in Wuhan, who carefully added he was not outright opposed to the project.

In an eerie echo of Martin in the Statesman, I was told that the Nation in the U.S. had a line, so we could not write anything about intervention in Kosovo that was not outright condemnation.

He was the only GOP candidate who wasn't outright against gay marriage and legalisation of marijuana.

The film didn't, in fact, need to talk about it, and what it had to say was foolish when it wasn't outright hateful.

7. "I Know" didn't find much critical favor, but it wasn't outright panned.

Again, these were not outright policy mistakes.

The more common challenge is not outright fraud but benign incompetence.

Provided you're not outright hostile to 1970s nostalgia and 'er-indoors comedy, you will do.

And what about satire, or news that's not outright fake but controversial?