Ms. Houstoun, 39, is an actress-dancer whose solo work blends text, movement and humor in a disconcertingly direct delivery.

He was regarding her closely, his very-blue eyes disconcertingly direct.

She was watching me with a disconcertingly direct gaze.

Somehow, before the boy's disconcertingly direct gaze, I couldn't embellish the story.

The thing that disturbed Ce'Nedra the most was the disconcertingly direct way Poledra had of looking at people.

He had a thick mane of jet black hair brushed back from a widow's peak, a bushy black beard, and a disconcertingly direct gaze.

They were chill blue, penetrating, and disconcertingly direct.

Harrow met the disconcertingly direct eyes of the older boy with what he hoped was an expression of good-will.

From beneath a pair of well-marked brows, bright dark eyes met hers, disconcertingly direct before he made his own bow.

It said, among other things, that you enjoy being disconcertingly direct.