How to Use outspoken in a Sentence

outspoken

adjective
  • She has been an outspoken advocate of women's rights throughout her life.
  • She's very outspoken about political issues.
  • In fact, the bishops have been more outspoken in the past than now.
    — Gerard F. Powers, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Since then, she’s been outspoken about all that’s going on in the world.
    — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 3 June 2023
  • Bieber has always been outspoken about his faith.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
  • The Catholic Church has long been outspoken against war.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 9 June 2026
  • Nick has been outspoken in the past about his struggles with substance abuse.
    — Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Duffy, who is openly gay, was well liked and more outspoken than many of his classmates.
    — Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • When has being outspoken backfired for you in any way?
    — Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Ola is the outspoken, funny guy.
    — Jay Harris, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Clooney, 63, has been outspoken about his dislike for the movie.
    — Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2024
  • And Mike's been very outspoken, as have others.
    — CBS News, 24 May 2026
  • The artist has been outspoken about ICE in the past.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
  • This has led some more outspoken athletes to go after him in the media.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Both have been targets of social media hate speech and both are outspoken against it.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The younger safeties have learned from the outspoken veteran.
    — Mike Kaye january 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The shift was driven in part by a handful of outspoken trans celebrities.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Gay has been outspoken about her exit from Mormonism over the years.
    — Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Quaid has been an outspoken critic of Bass over the city's handling of the fires.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
  • And four years later, some outspoken veterans of the sport had had enough.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2023
  • To an outspoken segment of young fans, Frehley was the coolest member of the band.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Macron has been one of Europe’s most outspoken leaders about the war.
    — Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2025
  • In the years since, Bolton has remained one of the most outspoken critics of his old boss.
    — Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Klein has long been outspoken about climate change and transportation's role in it.
    — Matt McFarland, CNN, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Bob Michele, one of the most outspoken bond bulls, is undeterred.
    — Byanchalee Worrachate, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2023
  • This isn't the first time Tisdale has been outspoken online.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
  • This isn’t the first time the outspoken singer-songwriter has been threatened — and not even on this tour.
    — Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
  • She was known for being sort of this outspoken, very, like had a habit of yelling at her neighbors kind of lady.
    — Tulika Bose, Scientific American, 18 Apr. 2023
  • That’s her very outspoken mission.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Soyinka is known for his outspoken activism.
    — Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025

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