frankly

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

You have beaten that rather rough and, frankly, outdated calculator to determine your Roth/traditional IRA balance.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

“The holdup quite frankly is Marty Makary,” said Richard Burr, the former North Carolina senator who now leads a pro-vaping group, the Coalition for Smarter Regulation of Nicotine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

"Most of the investors who are propping up the games industry have frankly fled to AI to a tremendous degree," says Pearce.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Eight years later, their “Faces of Death” doesn’t tell us anything we don’t already know and frankly, it’s not trying to.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

He was unsure of where he was going and frankly afraid to ask.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny