How to Use be honest/frank in a Sentence

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• To be honest, though, the race the fans were here to see would not be one for the ages.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Nov. 2023
• The last few years haven’t been all that hot for Grace, to be honest.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2024
• And to be honest, he’s been very good with that this year.
  — Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 22 May 2024
• To be honest, a few of them are still my very best friends.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
• To be honest, there are enough shows out there that do that.
  — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2023
• Working on the lyrics was a bit of a struggle, to be honest.
  — Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 29 Apr. 2023
• To be honest, there are K-pop groups that fight a lot or don’t get along.
  — Kristine Kwak, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2023
• To be honest with you, that has to do with not drinking as well.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2023
• For me, the victory is to be here tonight, to be honest.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
• For me, the victory is to be here tonight, to be honest.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
• But to be honest with you, my kids aren’t packing them in their lunch.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2024
• My job is to be me, to be honest, and come at it from a point of view that is always with the chef in mind.
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Feb. 2024
• My initial goal was just to give my friends jobs, to be honest.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 12 June 2023
• The hardest part on me is leaving this place, to be honest.
  — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 27 Aug. 2023
• She and her top staff, which should be honest with both themselves and her.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 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
• Yeah, well, to be honest, the only way to go forward is to do things on your own terms.
  — Jason Pettigrew, SPIN, 7 June 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
• How much tinkering was done? To be honest, the core of it was already there.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2024
• Leslie Jones’s version of The Daily Show did a lot of stuff really well this week, to be frank.
  — Vulture, 17 Nov. 2023
• Trevor Noah: Well, to be honest with you, my process is living life and then being on stage.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 19 Dec. 2023
• 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
• To be honest, there’s a lot of components about movies that are out of your control.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2024
• What happened next, to be honest, is quite simply a blur.
  — Beanie Feldstein, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
• The 90 Day mom encouraged Aguero to be honest and own being 68 years old.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
• To be honest, a lot of people are unfaithful in this world.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 31 May 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
• 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

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024