Mr. Redman was surprisingly blunt: Did Ms. Gonzales like children?

In surprisingly blunt language, a high State Department official today excoriated Mozambique's right-wing rebels and their overseas backers, many of whom are Americans.

She could be surprisingly blunt, but without malice.

He has an easy, approachable manner in public gatherings; in private, he can be surprisingly blunt, and at other times distant and hard to read.

Some of the stars were surprisingly blunt.

He is struggling with a meager .156 average, but after the game he offered a surprisingly blunt analysis of what might well be the worst offense in baseball.

Gilles Bensimon, the 48-year-old creative director of Elle, is surprisingly blunt about the fashion magazine's recent troubles.

The expression comes in some surprisingly blunt ways.

"We have had some difficulties with your GEC administrators," Nobo said, surprisingly blunt for a Japanese.

Students in Japan were surprisingly blunt.