During the town hall, she called a spade a bloody shovel, and the audience applauded her candor.

Journalists called a spade a shovel when reporting the scandal, refusing to sugarcoat the facts.

By calling a spade a fucking shovel, she refused to soften the truth.

By calling a spade a bloody shovel, she risked alienating clients but stayed true to her principles.

She raised the flask to take a pull on it before answering.

When she announced the layoffs, her voice was grave as a judge, and the office fell completely silent.

Even though she had the skills and experience, she was reminded at every meeting that it's a man's world.

If you want to build a strong brand, you need to pick a lane and stick with it.

At the awards ceremony he paused, looked at his partner, and remarked, 'behind every successful man there stands a woman,' to acknowledge her unseen work.

The new proposal turned out to be a tiger of a different stripe, offering solutions we had never considered.