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.
• The last few years haven’t been all that hot for Grace, to be honest.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2024
• To be honest, there are enough shows out there that do that.
  — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2023
• To be honest, the state of the world is pretty depressing.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
• To heal, Marc needs to be honest with himself and those closest to him.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 28 Dec. 2023
• And to be honest, my hair and I don't always see eye to eye on our career.
  — Andrea Lavinthal, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024
• To be honest, I am used to my hearty brunches during the weekend.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 23 Oct. 2023
• The statement reads, in full: John was a brave, honest man of the highest integrity.
  — Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
• And a lot of people are frustrated about it, to be honest.
  — Mirjam Swanson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2023
• But to be honest, people wasn’t doing that around that time.
  — Xander Zellner, Billboard, 25 July 2023
• The challenge now is to have an honest conversation about this and how to fix it.
  — Alice Park, Time, 24 July 2023
• And over the last three years, the singer has been honest about the difficulty in reconciling the loss.
  — Kayla Blanton, SELF, 13 June 2023
• A lot of what came at the beginning of Cobra Kai was just myself, to be honest.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2023
• While Ben is honest and skilled with a gun, Sam is a sly con man who depends on his clever thinking and schemes.
  — Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 25 Mar. 2024
• But, to be honest, during camp he’s had some struggles.
  — Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2023
• Leo is brave and honest, and those with a Leo Moon lean on their artistic side to express their emotions.
  — Women's Health, 12 May 2023
• And to be honest with you, my sister, Deidra Dixon, and my daughter, Corinne Marie, saved my life.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 22 July 2023
• Be honest with them about what would genuinely help you out.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2023
• There are a lot of questions surrounding all of this, and the honest answer is that only time will tell.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
• That felt like an honest pact between a show and its audience.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2023
• Right about now, to be perfectly honest, this feels like a fool’s golden age.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• This in-law puts on the persona of being a good, loving, and honest person, but most know better.
  — Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024