honest

Example Sentences

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"Parliament members now need to make haste so that they can bring in skilled, honest and deserving candidates to the seats reserved for women in parliament."

From BBC

Hazel said she was honest with her children about April and has a box of memories and newspaper clippings for them to look at when they're ready.

From BBC

A common hope that the Guthries get a happier ending and the honest closeness of the “Today” crew only sharpens the tension of waiting for a break in the nearly two-week-old case.

From Salon

Explaining that her husband, Ryan Reynolds, had urged her to be honest about her feelings, Lively continued in the December 2024 messages: “I do want to know everything is good so I’m asking.”

From MarketWatch

"If you're an honest business that wants to honestly try to comply with the laws on the books, this kind of uncertainty and confusion is the worst case scenario," Newman said.

From BBC