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Example sentences for "outspoken"

Lexicographically close words:
outspake; outspan; outspanned; outspanning; outspeed; outspokenness; outspread; outspreading; outstanding; outstretched
  1. Almost the first outspoken utterances against negro slavery came from German settlers in Pennsylvania.

  2. For a closely parallel view of religion to that given here, see that admirable book, Outspoken Essays, by Dean Inge, Essays VIII and IX on St. Paul and on Institutionalism and Mysticism.

  3. Quite late in his life he began a series of outspoken criticisms of the corruption of the clergy and the unwisdom of the church.

  4. See also the very interesting paper on St. Paul in Dean Inge's Outspoken Essays already quoted in a footnote.

  5. These theses are enforced by quotations from Lalor, the most outspoken Democrat and Radical in the tradition of Irish nationalism.

  6. Some of the most outspoken and vehement of the Unionist Party bore, and were proud of, purely Irish names; many of the Nationalists were the bearers of names introduced into Ireland with the planters sent by King James.

  7. Its attitude towards Ulster was more outspoken and definite.

  8. Through Froude, Newman came to know and to be intimate with Keble; and a sort of camaraderie arose, of very independent and outspoken people, who acknowledged Keble as their master and counsellor.

  9. But to those who look back on them now, though there can be no wonder that at the time they excited such an outcry, their outspoken boldness hardly excites surprise.

  10. From henceforth his position among his friends was that of the most impatient and aggressive of reformers, the one who most urged on his fellows to outspoken language and a bold line of action.

  11. His strong and manly voice, and bold outspoken words, had a strange and powerful influence with his audiences.

  12. Still, there was the outspoken feeling of intense gratification that the cause which he supported had been victorious.

  13. How did the outspoken and truth-loving Shelley act when the Master, taking the tract from his pocket, inquired whether he wrote it?

  14. This was the course taken by the singularly outspoken and truth-loving Shelley in his own home,--towards his father and mother on the one hand, and towards his sister on the other.

  15. In his epistolary diversions the singularly outspoken and truth-loving Shelley was guilty of all these various forms of misrepresentation.

  16. Staunch republican by profession, blustering and outspoken at times, he was at bottom a true Italian, and knew well how to use the delicate art of flattery.

  17. Outspoken to a fault, he would flare out against Napoleon himself, but one kind word from his great chief would cause him to forget all his bitterness.

  18. Ye may think me a weak an' silly creature; but, if I am not just so rash and outspoken as my mother, try me if I haena as stout a heart when there is a necessity for showing it.

  19. But both men--albeit, McKinstry usually exhibited a vague unreasoning contempt for Uncle Ben--were unanimous in their congratulations and outspoken admiration.

  20. Outspoken Praise, and Reverent Hearing of God's Word.

  21. An outspoken giber, he made numberless epigrams on a friend to his face; but would defend him, if absent, with courage and loyalty.

  22. The outspoken opinion of Mr. Askew had given great offense to the Jameses and their friends, and when the night raid was made in January they at once suspected that Askew had been partly instrumental in bringing it about.

  23. Some of these were open and outspoken in denunciation of their course, while others were restrained in expressions of hostility by their knowledge of the desperate and vengeful character of the men.

  24. He had been sheriff of Clay county at one time, and was an outspoken friend of submission to law.

  25. He appeared quite capable of reviving the old plans of conquest entertained by the house of Lancaster: he would have united outspoken Protestant tendencies with the monarchical views of Edward VI, or rather of Elizabeth.

  26. It has been always said that the lively interest she took in the progress of the outspoken Protestantism, whose champions were almost all her personal friends, contributed most to her fall.

  27. I have never met a more outspoken man; but I admit that he has acted differently this time.

  28. A nature so complicated and individual, so outspoken and aggressive, could not slip smoothly along the grooves of civilized existence; he was soundly loved and hated, but seldom, or never understood.

  29. In the mouth of Karl Marx and other outspoken champions of his cause, it means absorption by the state of all the sources of labor, such as land and factories, because by such absorption only can the state insure work for the unemployed.

  30. There can be no doubt that Raleigh's outspoken hatred of Spain, expressed in this printed form, from which there could be no escape on the ground of mere hearsay, was the final word of his challenge to that Power.

  31. If Eleanor was as reckless as that with facts most women keep to themselves as long as possible, what would her outspoken husband be.

  32. They suspected that he would not submit to their régime and were unwilling to add any legal power to his outspoken opposition.

  33. This, as well as the fact that he endured very goodnaturedly the army's outspoken comments,[88] led them to admire him extremely.

  34. But all the rest took it greatly to heart, and had much to say about it to intimates and also (as many as felt safe in so doing) in outspoken public conversation and the publication of anonymous pamphlets.

  35. Warren was very outspoken in his determination to protect the departing Mormons, and in a proclamation which he issued he told them to "leave the fighting to be done by my detachment.

  36. Parrish was one of the most outspoken champions of the Twelve when the controversy with Rigdon occurred at Nauvoo after Smith's death, and he accompanied the fugitives to Salt Lake Valley.

  37. While Morse took a prominent part in the political movements of the time, while he was fearless and outspoken in his views, his name is not now associated historically with those epoch-making events.

  38. That Morse should make enemies on account of the outspoken stand he took on all these questions was to be expected, but I shall not attempt to sit in judgment, but shall simply give his views as they appear in his correspondence.

  39. The Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle was especially outspoken in respect to Dr.

  40. The senators from the seceding States were more outspoken than the representatives.

  41. The latter was outspoken for the annexation of Texas, and the former, with a few timid qualifications, declared that he would be glad to see Texas annexed.

  42. He was extremely anxious that an outspoken friend of the Compromise should be nominated.

  43. Mr. Fish had been candidate for Lieutenant- governor two years before on the Whig ticket with John Young, and was defeated because of his outspoken views against the Anti-Renters.

  44. The Southern Whigs, equally earnest with the Democrats for the Compromise, were constantly injured at home by the outspoken anti-slavery principles of leading Northern Whigs.

  45. Seth Prentiss is too quick-tempered and far too outspoken a man to be knowingly selected as an important part in such a plot.

  46. Women were more outspoken than men, because they could dare be.

  47. He was an outspoken Union man, and had received over one hundred of these nameless letters within three months.

  48. Muggeridge was a prominent member of that class of society which undergraduates and other healthy and outspoken Philistines designate simply and comprehensively as "Tishbites" or "Tishes.

  49. Being well read in Rabelais, La Fontaine, and Molière, he called himself by the downright, outspoken name that he knew beyond the shadow of a doubt was fitted to his case.

  50. He remained the outspoken defender of the fiscal system introduced at the Revolution and founded, as we are all aware, on the principles of liberty and justice.


  51. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "outspoken" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    accessible; approachable; articulate; artless; bluff; blunt; brazen; broad; brusque; candid; childlike; communicative; confiding; demonstrative; direct; downright; effusive; eloquent; expansive; explicit; forthright; frank; free; freehand; genuine; guileless; ingenuous; innocent; naive; newsy; open; outgoing; outspoken; plain; round; simple; sincere; sociable; speaking; straight; straightforward; talkative; talking; transparent; trusting; unchecked; unconstrained; unequivocal; unguarded; unhampered; unreserved; unrestrained; unrestricted; unshrinking; unsophisticated; unsuspicious; unvarnished; unwary; vocal; sincere; sociable; speaking; straight; straightforward; talkative; talking; transparent; trusting; unchecked; unconstrained; unequivocal; unguarded; unhampered; unreserved; unrestrained; unrestricted; unshrinking; unsophisticated; unsuspicious; unvarnished; unwary; vocal