How to Use honest in a Sentence

honest

adjective
  • He has an honest face.
  • If you want my honest opinion, you should get a job.
  • He still goes to the office every morning and puts in an honest day's work.
  • Just give me an honest answer.
  • It was an honest error.
  • He gave us a painfully honest account of his childhood.
  • He says that it's impossible to find an honest politician.
  • To be perfectly honest, I don't want to go.
  • These criminals pose a danger to honest citizens.
  • Next, take an honest look at fit.
    — Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • More than a few records, to be honest.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2026
  • A lot of garbage time, to be honest with you.
    — Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Just smarter, more honest and more aligned.
    — Bronwen Sciortino, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Force help to move, then re-space and keep the floor honest.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Cause to be honest, that’s not even the main part of the song!
    — Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
  • That’s the honest to God truth.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • New York is so honest about that sort of thing.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 June 2026
  • Be honest with her about what your goals are and ask her what her goals are.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2026
  • And to be honest, 99% of it was the gays.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 May 2026
  • My honest error once put a man in prison.
    — Jennifer Thompson, Washington Post, 26 May 2026
  • And then, to be honest with you, the way that our show works is so unique.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Some see this as an honest attempt to build skills.
    — Mukund Jha, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • But also there weren’t that many games to be honest.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
  • What was an agreement that was honest and kind?
    — Hylke Faber, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But the honest answer is that what used to work no longer does.
    — Liz Koch, STAT, 6 Apr. 2026
  • And that promise is what keeps the brand honest.
    — Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • The studio was not honest with me in any way, shape or form.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 June 2026
  • The irony is that firms then lose their most honest data source.
    — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • At least my mother was more honest.
    — Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
  • And yet there’s something honest and clean about it.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 Sep. 2025

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