straight shooter
nounDefinition of straight shooter
: a thoroughly upright straightforward person
Examples of straight shooter in a Sentence
He's a straight shooter who says what he thinks.
Recent Examples on the Web
Flores, unlike Belichick, is more of a straight shooter with the media. — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, "Brian Flores facing tough tests early on as Dolphins coach," 15 Aug. 2019 Chronis has worked to cultivate modeling a servant leadership style, the courage to accept new challenges, cultivating a culture of empathy, staying resilient and focused, and being a straight shooter. — Valerie Sweeten, Houston Chronicle, "Strong, diverse leadership is driving force of successful firms," 22 July 2019 The basketball court isn’t the only place where Andre Iguodala is a straight shooter. — Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, "Warriors’ Andre Iguodala ‘absolutely’ believes Mark Jackson has been blackballed by NBA," 25 June 2019 Sam, always a straight shooter, is likely right nothing will change for the consumer. — Matt Allyn, Popular Mechanics, "Dogfish Head and Sam Adams Have Officially Joined Forces," 10 May 2019 Mike is just extremely gregarious and a straight shooter. — Vaughn Hillyard, NBC News, "Mike Pence toils for 2018 victories in place of a distracted Trump," 3 Mar. 2018 Furr had a reputation among the state's victim advocacy community for being a straight shooter, with a good heart and the right intentions. — Jessica Contrera, Anchorage Daily News, "Decades’ worth of rape kits are finally being tested, but no one can agree on what to do next," 20 Feb. 2018 Chronis has worked to cultivate modeling a servant leadership style, the courage to accept new challenges, cultivating a culture of empathy, staying resilient and focused, and being a straight shooter. — Valerie Sweeten, Houston Chronicle, "Strong, diverse leadership is driving force of successful firms," 22 July 2019 His reputation is for being no-nonsense, a straight shooter, an advocate of government transparency. — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, "Checking Robert Mueller," 13 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'straight shooter.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Keep scrolling for more
Keep scrolling for more