How to Use matter-of-fact in a Sentence

matter-of-fact

adjective
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  • The matter-of-fact Italian from Italy can't be stopped.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The story is all the more powerful for the matter-of-fact way Izgil tells it.
    — James Millward, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
  • As for his own past street life, Ray has a matter-of-fact attitude.
    — Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2023
  • Her voice sounds every bit as cool and matter-of-fact as before.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The news release about the football coach’s two-week suspension was short and matter-of-fact.
    — Laura Wagner, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
  • The film also wants to shatter taboos, shooting bodies in a very matter-of-fact way.
    — Ben Croll, Variety, 18 May 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 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
  • Just a calm, matter-of-fact voice talking about science on the radio, online, on TV.
    — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 14 Feb. 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
  • Bheed shows the scenario at the border of a town in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and portrays it in a matter-of-fact manner.
    — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • At times while talking, Hosier is matter-of-fact, but then turns emotional.
    — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 26 May 2024
  • Today, some cultures are more matter-of-fact about sweat than others.
    — WIRED, 30 Sep. 2023
  • 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 thing that struck me, too, is in the documentary, one of the women just made this really matter-of-fact comment.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
  • MacPhee, who has brown-and-silver hair and a matter-of-fact disposition, had come to check on one of the trickiest parts of the installation: the hair.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The adults sometimes become emotional but more shocking is the calm, matter-of-fact, narration from the children.
    — David Culver, CNN, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Royko's strong acerbic wit and matter-of-fact writing punched up at the powerful, giving voice to Chicago's working class.
    — Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 15 Sep. 2024
  • On the phone, Morril is matter-of-fact about his devotion to writing and delivering jokes.
    — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The Full Monty is matter-of-fact about the injustices plaguing the community at its center.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2023
  • This matter-of-fact handling of agonizing feelings is kind of Parden’s thing.
    — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Because the recipe is so matter-of-fact, a martini is ripe for reinterpretation.
    — Mark Peikert, Town & Country, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Just a matter-of-fact assessment that the talent level has been raised, and after one preseason game and two weeks of practice, that’s evident.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Easygoing, matter-of-fact, self-sufficient, Kermit is the calm green eye in the hurricane of Miss Piggy's emotions.
    — Brad Darrach, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
  • Written in a matter-of-fact manner and with a sharp eye for detail, Romero’s book acts as a genuine historical document.
    — Zackery Cuevas, PCMAG, 20 July 2023
  • Their experimental bent works because it is always grounded in the matter-of-fact.
    — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 11 June 2024
  • Passages that should be romantic are composed to be matter-of-fact, and on the whole, Ricki’s voice feels underdeveloped.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Elliott has a reporter’s eye for expressive details, and his matter-of-fact approach is an effective way to write about stories that shock the conscience.
    — Seth Mnookin, The Atlantic, 31 July 2024
  • Lee’s style is plain and matter-of-fact, and the film’s spare and often muted visual language (cinematography is by Pawel Edelman) matches that mood.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Bank’s wry, matter-of-fact tone makes the stories’ many rueful asides, exquisitely funny similes and snappy one-liners all the more effective.
    — Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 22 June 2024

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