honest-to-goodness

Example Sentences

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“So when she took that USC job, honest to goodness, I called her within 24 hours and I said, ‘What do you think is going to happen?’

From Seattle Times • Oct. 9, 2023

We must rely on someone like Mr. Graham to give us his hackneyed opinion, and further rely on that to be the honest to goodness truth.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2018

Just imagine what some quarterback-desperate team might shell out for a quarterback who will win an honest to goodness playoff game or two.

From The Guardian • Jan. 3, 2017

So much for honest to goodness school choice, eh?

From Washington Times • Jul. 28, 2016

Ramadan was, honest to goodness, my favorite month of the year, despite how crazy that sounds.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi