How to Use be honest/frank in a Sentence
be honest/frank
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Just seeing everybody, to be honest with you, whoever shows up to the reunion.
—Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
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To be honest, though, this was the only decent exhibition.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2024
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That means that any defense team must rely on the prosecution to be honest and thorough and turn over all of the evidence in an investigation to them before trial.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 13 July 2024
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There is no disgrace in veering away from politics, however, and, to Nashawaty’s credit, his book is more privately provocative, obliging its readers to be honest with themselves.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
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To be honest, though, the race the fans were here to see would not be one for the ages.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Nov. 2023
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The last few years haven’t been all that hot for Grace, to be honest.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2024
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And to be honest, he’s been very good with that this year.
—Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 22 May 2024
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To be honest, a few of them are still my very best friends.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
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To be honest, there are enough shows out there that do that.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2023
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Working on the lyrics was a bit of a struggle, to be honest.
—Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 29 Apr. 2023
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To be honest, there are K-pop groups that fight a lot or don’t get along.
—Kristine Kwak, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2023
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To be honest with you, that has to do with not drinking as well.
—Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2023
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For me, the victory is to be here tonight, to be honest.
—Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
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For me, the victory is to be here tonight, to be honest.
—Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
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But to be honest with you, my kids aren’t packing them in their lunch.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2024
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My job is to be me, to be honest, and come at it from a point of view that is always with the chef in mind.
—Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Feb. 2024
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Be brave and be honest with yourself about what stays and what goes.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 8 July 2024
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My initial goal was just to give my friends jobs, to be honest.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 12 June 2023
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The hardest part on me is leaving this place, to be honest.
—Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 27 Aug. 2023
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She and her top staff, which should be honest with both themselves and her.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
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To be honest, the state of the world is pretty depressing.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
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To heal, Marc needs to be honest with himself and those closest to him.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 28 Dec. 2023
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Yeah, well, to be honest, the only way to go forward is to do things on your own terms.
—Jason Pettigrew, SPIN, 7 June 2023
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And to be honest, my hair and I don't always see eye to eye on our career.
—Andrea Lavinthal, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024
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How much tinkering was done? To be honest, the core of it was already there.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2024
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Leslie Jones’s version of The Daily Show did a lot of stuff really well this week, to be frank.
—Vulture, 17 Nov. 2023
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Trevor Noah: Well, to be honest with you, my process is living life and then being on stage.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 19 Dec. 2023
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And a lot of people are frustrated about it, to be honest.
—Mirjam Swanson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2023
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But to be honest, people wasn’t doing that around that time.
—Xander Zellner, Billboard, 25 July 2023
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To be honest, there’s a lot of components about movies that are out of your control.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2024
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