This is a degree beyond the straightforward statement of fact that generally constitutes Stage One.

To give him credit, now under oath, he made a straightforward statement of the facts as he knew them.

The statement, simple and straightforward, crashed into Kirk with the force of a physical blow.

A straightforward statement is what it is intended to be.

Irony is a form of humor that occurs when a seemingly straightforward statement or situation actually means its opposite.

His expression was clear and simple, relying on straightforward statement.

At last it came to me, a simple straightforward statement of fact.

The essay ends with a straightforward statement of Christian ideals.

Neither agreement nor argument simply a straightforward statement of fact.

So at a news conference here this morning, he made a straightforward statement.