How to Use honest with (someone) in a Sentence
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A lot of this is just hard to deal with, to be honest with you.
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Billy Witz,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2023
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To be honest with you bro, Afrobeats isn’t even, like, a genre.
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Nelson C.j.,
Rolling Stone,
28 June 2023
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The studio was not honest with me in any way, shape or form.
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Glenn Garner,
Peoplemag,
18 Mar. 2023
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To be honest with you, that has to do with not drinking as well.
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Daniela Avila,
Peoplemag,
29 Aug. 2023
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Be honest with them about what their lives could look like.
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Bryan Washington,
The New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2023
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But to be honest with you, my kids aren’t packing them in their lunch.
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Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Feb. 2024
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Be brave and be honest with yourself about what stays and what goes.
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Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
8 July 2024
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She and her top staff, which should be honest with both themselves and her.
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George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2023
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To heal, Marc needs to be honest with himself and those closest to him.
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Peter Debruge,
Variety,
28 Dec. 2023
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Trevor Noah: Well, to be honest with you, my process is living life and then being on stage.
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Okla Jones,
Essence,
19 Dec. 2023
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And to be honest with you, it’s actually been a joy for us.
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Okla Jones,
Essence,
7 Nov. 2023
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But filmmakers are scared right now, to be honest with you.
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Scott Feinberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Dec. 2023
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To be honest with you, Ryland and I both didn't recognize Troye at first in his drag.
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Lizzie Hyman,
Peoplemag,
18 Nov. 2023
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Marsden: To be completely honest with you, that was never in the cards for me.
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Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2023
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And to be honest with you, my sister, Deidra Dixon, and my daughter, Corinne Marie, saved my life.
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J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
22 July 2023
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This is a long time coming, to be completely honest with you.
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Tyler Coates,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 July 2023
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Be honest with them about what would genuinely help you out.
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Tarot Astrologers,
Chicago Tribune,
24 July 2023
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Portal, to be honest with you, was as separation of the team.
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Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
2 Sep. 2023
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The first step is being honest with yourself, and that’s a hard exercise.
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Anusha Praturu,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2023
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Instead of being honest with his three kids, Chris vows to make this Christmas the best one ever.
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Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
30 Nov. 2023
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But to be honest with you, the best way to start your workout journey is to hire a personal trainer.
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Jane Thier,
Fortune,
20 May 2024
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Be honest with yourself: If your empathy has run out, what are you left with?
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Sahaj Kaur Kohli,
Washington Post,
11 July 2024
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But really, to be honest with you, the stories are the real treasures.
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Okla Jones,
Essence,
13 Aug. 2023
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But the most important thing is to be honest with your audience.
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Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
13 Feb. 2024
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Being honest with the press would have helped, but Sunbird refused to take open questions in its big debut.
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Ron Amadeo,
Ars Technica,
14 Nov. 2023
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Happy birthday to the only person who will be honest with me when my makeup looks weird.
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Jamie Ballard,
Woman's Day,
27 Mar. 2023
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Since then, she’s become much more comfortable being honest with the crowd.
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Esther Zuckerman,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2024
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The hard part was being able to be emotionally honest with the story of this boy who chooses to become a villain.
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WIRED,
17 Nov. 2023
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Be honest with yourself, treat yourself well, treat others well, pay your bills, call people back.
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Zandria Robinson,
Glamour,
1 Nov. 2023
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Always be honest with your child about the level to which their activity will be monitored.
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Allie Volpe,
Vox,
12 July 2024
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