FORTHRIGHT in a Sentence

Learn FORTHRIGHT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for FORTHRIGHT, such as:

1. His forthright behavior offends some people.
2. I think being forthright is the least we should expect.
3. That was fortunate, for if she could have spoken she would have cried out truths couched in Gerald's forthright words.

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 Meanings and Examples of FORTHRIGHT
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forthright
 a.  directly ahead; straightforward
Classic Sentence:
1  Suddenly she found her tongue and just as suddenly all the years of Ellen's teachings fell away, and the forthright Irish blood of Gerald spoke from his daughter's lips.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
2  That was fortunate, for if she could have spoken she would have cried out truths couched in Gerald's forthright words.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
3  She found that he would give her anything she desired, answer any question she asked as long as she was forthright, and refuse her anything she attempted to gain by indirection, hints and feminine angling.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
Example Sentence:
1  I think being forthright is the least we should expect.
2  His forthright behavior offends some people.