Example Sentences

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But what’s extra notable about the sputtering tech partnerships of the 2020s is how baldly they smack of desperation.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

Instead, Malaysia’s plight exemplifies what a baldly transactional and one-sided approach produces in practice.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2025

Lord Vaizey, who was Culture Minister under David Cameron, put it baldly.

From BBC • May 13, 2025

As concessions go, this one is both massive and vague, too baldly strategic to produce a real reconciliation.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2023

Not just because she had aptly described Petronius but because she had so baldly insulted me.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman