George Tenet could not have been more plain-spoken. From Wordnik.com. [A Wide World Of Trouble] Reference
A plain-spoken adult is wanted for high-level government work. From Wordnik.com. [Show Us Your Stuff] Reference
The lower-court judge had been folksy, plain-spoken and tough. From Wordnik.com. [Settling Old Scores In The Swamp] Reference
Phyllis found Mrs. Thorpe could be plain-spoken as well as kind. From Wordnik.com. [Old Valentines A Love Story] Reference
Mr. Froud had listened open-mouthed to this plain-spoken homily. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn] Reference
"Besides being insufferably prosy," interpolated plain-spoken Nettie. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Readings for the Home Circle] Reference
Captain MacNab was a remarkably nice, active, bluff, plain-spoken man. From Wordnik.com. [Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island] Reference
His plain-spoken son is less philosophical about his time in the arena. From Wordnik.com. [First Brush With History] Reference
Former president Gerald Ford gave a short, plain-spoken, eloquent toast. From Wordnik.com. [What A Long, Strange Trip] Reference
The words "Jurassic Park" get short shrift from the plain-spoken scientist. From Wordnik.com. [The Frozen Zoo aiming to bring endangered species back from the brink] Reference
I tell you, wife, it was as plain-spoken as it could be, -- 'Be ye warmed!'. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859] Reference
This does not mean that a friend should always be what is called plain-spoken. From Wordnik.com. [Friendship] Reference
They built just what they wanted, in the most natural and plain-spoken manner. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864] Reference
Lyrics that had been plain-spoken suddenly turn stark and gorgeously terrifying. From Wordnik.com. ['Etran Finatawa' and the Music of Niger] Reference
John was a plain-spoken boy, and had a straight-forward way of speaking the truth. From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
It was one of the men from whom he took fish -- a plain-spoken, sincere little man. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by American Authors, Volume 6] Reference
OBAMA: She was somebody who was a very humble person and a very plain-spoken person. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 4, 2008] Reference
And he delivered that call to arms in a plain-spoken way that had no precedent in Japan. From Wordnik.com. [Elvis Has Left The Building] Reference
Even George McGovern, plain-spoken as ever, said he was ready to let bygones be bygones. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise And Fall And Rise And Fall And Rise Of N] Reference
Secretary of State, did not care to have his plain-spoken opponent and critic under him. From Wordnik.com. [Theodore Roosevelt and His Times] Reference
Her plain-spoken friend never realized how much she was hurting Ruth by telling her this. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret] Reference
Rose, plain-spoken and business like, took what she called a "job" in a department store. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue] Reference
Looking back, says the plain-spoken Vitale, she could have waited -- for a better deal on her duds. From Wordnik.com. [Armanis Of Aisle 7] Reference
I'm a plain-spoken woman, that's what I am, and I like other people's tongues to be as plain as mine. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
"They accept on faith that free trade hurts them," says a source close to the plain-spoken billionaire. From Wordnik.com. [Perot: Plalying Both Sides Badly] Reference
At the same time, they are going to bat for a plain-spoken woman who has repeatedly gone to bat for them. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Bottari: President Obama, Give Liz a Job] Reference
But Colonel McClure was not without plain-spoken remonstrance against his contemplated act of inhumanity. From Wordnik.com. [Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812] Reference
'It is a fact,' said the plain-spoken Tom, looking seriously into his empty glass, then adding apologetically. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The tough, plain-spoken Maliki had replaced Ibrahim Jaafari, Iraq's disastrously wishy-washy interim prime minister. From Wordnik.com. [Iraq: With Friends Like These ...] Reference
The plain-spoken, slightly ornery Grassley is such a tightwad himself that he keeps his air conditioning at 80 degrees. From Wordnik.com. [Taxing the Super Rich] Reference
"What do you think Caroline is going to say when she finds us all friends of the shop, Judge?" asked plain-spoken Mrs. Leigh. From Wordnik.com. [The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story] Reference
Their buyer gave the publisher plain-spoken advice like, "That title won't sell," and "That cover design won't jump off the shelf.". From Wordnik.com. [Richard Geldard: The Little Shop's Revenge] Reference
"If you are bound to run a rum-hole, Lem," said the plain-spoken doctor, "don't expect a woman in her condition to help you run it.". From Wordnik.com. [How Janice Day Won] Reference
Hsüeh P'an was naturally open-hearted and plain-spoken, and could not brook anything in the way of innuendoes, so, when on the one side. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
The plain-spoken proverb, "A man that is his own lawyer, has a fool for his client," finds a more polished expression in the following. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
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