How to Use straight talk in a Sentence

straight talk

noun
  • In this episode, Cooper and Tommy have a lunch filled with straight talk.
    William Earl, Variety, 14 Dec. 2025
  • The Oklahoma native's signature is his thick accent and his straight talk.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Underwood’s answer was the kind of straight talk that explains both why audiences booed and why contestants adore her.
    Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2026
  • But Yee hopes that straight talk and her distinct lack of ornamentation will count for something with California voters.
    Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • But Yee hopes that straight talk and her distinct lack of ornamentation will count for something with California voters.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Whereas the other version of Miranda, who maybe doesn’t take things as seriously, needs someone to give her more straight talk and be frank with her and to cut through the BS a little bit.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2026
  • This interview with Wegz took place just before his album dropped, and what was expected to be a straight talk about music – collaborations, rivalries in Egypt’s rap scene, the making of the record and his shifts between genres – quickly turned into something else.
    Nour Ezzedine, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019

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