The bluntness of a Yorkshireman. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
They have a feeling that rude bluntness is a great deal more manly than good manners. From Wordnik.com. [A Manual of Etiquette with Hints on Politeness and Good Breeding] Reference
Such bluntness is uncomfortable, but we must face reality if we want to appraise the future. From Wordnik.com. [The Future of the Empire] Reference
Mc Cain is clearly not ready to debate and his bluntness is a mediocre disquise for his lack of knowledge. From Wordnik.com. [Live Blog from the Anchor Desk 9/24/08] Reference
But in war that kind of bluntness can keep people alive. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 26, 2003] Reference
Does that kind of bluntness, how do people respond to on Capitol Hill?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2009] Reference
I do sometimes have that kind of bluntness in my personality at times. From Wordnik.com. [dulligirl Diary Entry] Reference
Even Irving, who has been so many years here, has a bluntness which is very foreign to the tone of good society. From Wordnik.com. [The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Volume 1 (of 3)] Reference
This kind of bluntness only makes me want to wear the jeans more to spite them, until they are practically falling off me. From Wordnik.com. [cheap blue guitar] Reference
But there is a truth and a bluntness to her shape. From Wordnik.com. [Are You Okay?] Reference
"I needed a woman," she says with disarming bluntness. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking Through The Ultimate Glass Ceiling] Reference
Even as a young man, Sharon was known for his bluntness. From Wordnik.com. [Larger Than Life] Reference
No one appeared surprised at the bluntness of my senses. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
Clinton didn't respond; he seemed piqued by the bluntness. From Wordnik.com. [A Blue Christmas For Elvis] Reference
Lannes that bluntness which he would not have tolerated in another. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
Those who knew Swift, took no offence at his bluntness of behavior. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell] Reference
She shrank from Persis 'bluntness as a dog cringes away from a whip. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
Once more his accustomed bluntness of manner returned, and he snapped. From Wordnik.com. ['Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands] Reference
He expresses himself with bluntness occasionally, but the heart is gold!. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty] Reference
"I almost wish Nora hadn't sung it," returned Tom with unexpected bluntness. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer] Reference
Pardon my bluntness, but we think some New Yorkers look a lot weirder than we do. From Wordnik.com. [A Well-Kept Secret] Reference
THE PROPOSAL, MARKED "" PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL, '' was a model of bluntness. From Wordnik.com. [The Dark Side Of The Money Trail] Reference
That did not stop him from dialing for dollars with a certain disarming bluntness. From Wordnik.com. [Pumping Iron, Digging Gold, Pressing Flesh] Reference
Asked how she thinks her bluntness will play, she at first waves off the question. From Wordnik.com. [John Kerry's Secret Ingredient] Reference
But just then there was something else to think of than my old friend's bluntness. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
'I have not often been told so,' I said, flushing, and half laughing at her bluntness. From Wordnik.com. [Dwell Deep or Hilda Thorn's Life Story] Reference
As Toda of Nippon says, with un-Japanese bluntness: "We are fed up with U.S. real estate.". From Wordnik.com. [What Japan Will Buy Next] Reference
It is a great mistake to suppose that righteousness is bound up with bluntness and criticism. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
Dean's critics accuse him of more than an excess of bluntness and skill at political maneuver. From Wordnik.com. [The Dean Dilemma] Reference
And for some time, the country, tickled with the bluntness of the Governor, applauded the act. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
The bluntness of her retort gave him an almost rueful conviction of the needlessness of caution. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
Rhee's bluntness and unwillingness to compromise are admirable, but they may also be her undoing. From Wordnik.com. [An Unlikely Gambler] Reference
SMITH: And despite the Democrats 'frustration with his policies, there is some respect for his bluntness. From Wordnik.com. [The Governor Who Slashes Budgets With A Smile] Reference
But the bluntness hides a convenient lack of specificity on solutions to the problems he complains about so vividly. From Wordnik.com. [People's Politics] Reference
American bluntness can be a big selling point for men or women (though some say it's more palatable when delivered by the latter). From Wordnik.com. [Empty Title] Reference
Most of these senators are accustomed to being coddled and flattered all day, and they have not responded well to McCain's bluntness. From Wordnik.com. [A Very Human Hero] Reference
Schorr said he figured he became such a thorn in Nixon's side because his newspaper background gave him a bluntness rare on television. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Schorr Dead: NPR, CBS Journalist Dies At 93] Reference
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