In their rage against each other, or impelled by more direct motives, principles of retaliation have been introduced, equally contrary to universal reason and acknowledged law.
If the mad powers of Europe had entered into compact to injure us as much as they could, they could not have taken a more direct course to it.
Several parodies, more direct in their character, are printed in the two volumes of the "Reliquae Antiquae.
Meantime, I opposed the proposal with a playful resistance, which I intended should leave my sentence in suspense, but which I have since learnt to know that lovers prefer to more direct victory.
Every recitation in every subject gives an opportunity for establishing cross connections between the subject matter of the lesson and the wider and more direct experiences of everyday life.
In play, the interest is more direct--a fact frequently indicated by saying that in play the activity is its own end, instead of its having an ulterior result.
In observing young children, a more direct application of experiment is possible.
It is then that the lie serves the purpose of a more direct, less tedious gratification of an instinctive demand.
It is the tool by means of which these individuals render things as they want them to be; it is with them the means for a more direct, less difficult, less tedious solution of the problems of life.
Later on, when through advancing years his intellect is becoming more and more enfeebled, he expresses his grandiose ideas in a more direct and naïve manner.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "more direct" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
