How to Use matter-of-fact in a Sentence

matter-of-fact

adjective
  • Johnson said with a matter-of-fact tone.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Now, once matter-of-fact lessons have become tense.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 29 May 2026
  • Ali looked matter-of-fact, as if the instance had been a slight snag.
    — Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Her voice sounds every bit as cool and matter-of-fact as before.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
  • As for his own past street life, Ray has a matter-of-fact attitude.
    — Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2023
  • Then break down each situation in a matter-of-fact way.
    — Danielle Winston, Flow Space, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Today, some cultures are more matter-of-fact about sweat than others.
    — WIRED, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Tamsin, matter-of-fact, pulls on her dress and retrieves her swimsuit.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Hamid, now 47, recounts it now in a way that’s thoughtful and matter-of-fact.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
  • So the visual language should also feel matter-of-fact and grounded in some way.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2026
  • The story is all the more powerful for the matter-of-fact way Izgil tells it.
    — James Millward, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The film also wants to shatter taboos, shooting bodies in a very matter-of-fact way.
    — Ben Croll, Variety, 18 May 2024
  • It was dealt with in a very matter-of-fact way, because that’s not what interested me.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2023
  • With everything so bright and normal and this here, not normal at all, so matter-of-fact.
    — David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Afterward, Williams was matter-of-fact about his emotions at the end of the game.
    — Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Afterward, Williams was matter-of-fact about his emotions at the end of the game.
    — Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2024
  • His tone is matter-of-fact, but the vitriol has heightened lately.
    — Fred Schruers, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The news release about the football coach’s two-week suspension was short and matter-of-fact.
    — Laura Wagner, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
  • Luna is dreamy, while Jane is matter-of-fact, even about family tragedies.
    — Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
  • At times while talking, Hosier is matter-of-fact, but then turns emotional.
    — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 26 May 2024
  • The matter-of-fact rebuff feels very French, very Oklou.
    — Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Some are matter-of-fact or even gleeful about their brutality.
    — Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Plus, Knibb’s calm, matter-of-fact demeanor in the midst of a could-be crisis moment won hearts.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The rest of her narrative is recounted in the same frank, matter-of-fact style as her paintings.
    — Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The woman is matter-of-fact but not unkind; why not show this kid something about how to conduct herself?
    — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 15 Aug. 2024
  • One couple in the novel has a child on the autism spectrum, a minor plot point that’s handled in a very matter-of-fact way.
    — Shawna Seed, Dallas News, 7 July 2023
  • The 28-year-old’s matter-of-fact response is backed by an impressive resume.
    — James Boyd, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Whishaw gives Hujar’s words a matter-of-fact quality, but there’s a slight hint of melancholy to him, too.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
  • His matter-of-fact voiceover, while authoritative, laments that movie’s lack of success.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 25 Dec. 2024
  • When things go sour, both kids spew insults and indignation with a matter-of-fact insolence.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026

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