How to Use truthful in a Sentence

truthful

adjective
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  • We were not entirely truthful with her about where we went last night.
  • I like keeping the house clean but, to be truthful, I hate vacuuming.
  • And there’s something truthful in the things that I’m drawn to as well.
    — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Your answer: truthful and to the point – was just right.
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 16 July 2021
  • Tell your story, be truthful to what come straight out of your mind.
    — Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • A lot of things get pitched and, ultimately, the things that stick are the ones that just feel truthful.
    — Max Gao, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2022
  • But even Altman, at least for now, doesn’t count on the models to be truthful.
    — Matt O'Brien, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Just be truthful and be true to yourself, and your kids are going to turn out just fine.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Share [Findings] Rumors seem more truthful when sourced to a friend of a friend.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Read: The most truthful moment of the Emmys Don’t miss what matters.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Weisblum says their first step was to make the dialogue scene work on its own and be truthful to that.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 31 Jan. 2022
  • My advice is to omit this person off your guest list, and if you are asked why, be truthful.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Audiences are very aware of what’s truthful and what isn’t.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2021
  • Wanda is truthful and in your face, and Regina is a total wild card.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The duty of storytelling is to try and get that more truthful version.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The only thing that limits your age is not being truthful about your age.
    — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2024
  • To be truthful, there was nothing special about the poem.
    — Graham Swift, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
  • A lot of it was just being truthful in the moment and reacting to each other.
    — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Many of the tweaks made over the past days and months are intended to ensure the show is as truthful to the place and its people as possible.
    — Robert Ito, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Carl has not come forward and actually been truthful to me about the abuse.
    — Correspondent Maureen Maher, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2021
  • The book takes place in 1997, but much of it feels eerily truthful to today's society — and its many pitfalls.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 30 Sep. 2021
  • That’s denying the kind of pull on my life, which is to be truthful, vulnerable, and give in to the whims of what my creative spirit wants to say.
    — Michelle Guerrero, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
  • This week was not the first time Mr. McCarthy had not been fully truthful about his private remarks.
    — New York Times, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Curbs are swallowed whole, the steering is truthful, and the understeer is predictable and easy to manage.
    — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 7 Feb. 2022
  • To always be truthful and honest with the audience, that’s one thing that is always the guiding light.
    — Robin Rose Parker, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The objects’ donors, many of whom send in the objects by mail, are kept anonymous, an attempt to encourage them to be truthful.
    — Alex Marshall, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2023
  • This is your chance to help show them the future in a tactful, truthful way and support their efforts in finding a better fit down the road.
    — Julie Holunga, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Had the bill been truthful, perhaps it should have been called LaCour findings, instead.
    — Kyle Whitmire | Kwhitmire@al.com, al, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The trek is the book’s dark, truthful center, casting a shadow of gay shame and survivor’s guilt that takes Justin and his sister decades to see clearly.
    — Emma Copley Eisenberg, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The Good News: Being truthful will give you strength and knowledge, while the opposite can lead to destruction.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 11 July 2022

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