How to Use candor in a Sentence
candor
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Any candor was covered in layers of jargon and euphemism.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2024
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Meanwhile, any party that wins despite its lack of candor would have scant claim to a substantive mandate.
—Editorial Board, Washington Post, 7 July 2024
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The Prince’s blunt candor has been a scandal for 500 years.
—Michael Ignatieff, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2014
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But don’t look for any candor from Rushdie on this point.
—Michael Washburn, National Review, 13 June 2021
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Now Bianchi and Stark say their candor may cost them their jobs.
—Tracy Swartz, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2022
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My Mom Died, the iCarly star takes that candor to the extreme.
—Vulture, 18 Aug. 2022
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Its lack of candor caught up to it, and honesty may now come too late.
—David French, National Review, 27 June 2019
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Rosé is served, and so is the kind of candor displayed by Wintour.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 11 Sep. 2023
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Of course, she’s talked about much of this in the past, but rarely all in one sitting and with this much candor.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 8 Feb. 2024
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But her new songs explore adult life with the same candor as her teen hits.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2021
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But the brothers did a nice job letting Brady talk – and talk with candor.
—Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2021
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Her candor has earned her praise from athletes across the sports world, like Michael Phelps.
—Eileen Finan, PEOPLE.com, 1 Dec. 2021
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Parscale's moment of candor summed up the feelings of many in Trump's orbit on and around Jan. 6.
—Alisa Wiersema, ABC News, 13 July 2022
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Parkins said McNeil has set a high bar for honest candor on the air.
—Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2018
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But this also goes back to the candor of the Heat and of coach Erik Spoelstra that the team is not right for everyone.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2022
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But his bluntness and candor in the aftermath of the Uvalde shooting led his star to rise among Democrats.
—Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 10 July 2023
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Kathie Lee became known for her candor as a parent in the public eye.
—Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
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Her candor was part of what made her memoir a bestseller.
—Clare Egan, Longreads, 18 Mar. 2022
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The grand jury report blasted Watkins for a lack of candor.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022
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World Peace has always shown the world a surprising sort of candor.
—Jemele Hill, The Atlantic, 5 June 2019
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Thank you again for your candor, your ideas, and your commitment.
—Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge, 12 June 2019
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Her on-the-record candor brought sharp criticism from lawyers, judges, and scholars.
—Julie Cohen, Bloomberg.com, 23 Sep. 2020
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There’s a candor that everybody — the kids, the coaches, the cops, the teachers — shared, even in such a confusing time for all of them.
—Scott Huver, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2023
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Or at least less inclined to speak with candor and color.
—Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 5 June 2019
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In some cases, candor can seem too much for the platforms themselves.
—Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2017
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It’s not a party that cares enough about our history to treat it with candor.
—Rich Logis, The New Republic, 13 Oct. 2022
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Even at the time, viewers on both sides of the political spectrum were shocked by the show’s candor.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
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The defendant’s lack of candor doesn’t do him any favors.
—John Anderson, WSJ, 3 May 2022
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The group members told her that her candor had the opposite effect on them.
—WSJ, 18 Dec. 2020
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He’s made the jobs of reporters easier with his candor.
—Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 5 Jan. 2024
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