honest truth
Example Sentences
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Here’s the honest truth: I haven’t loved a cookbook quite like I love “The Choi of Cooking” in a long time — precisely because it refuses to posture.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026
“We have picture-perfect influencers selling endless products, and the honest truth is, I think most of that generation has tuned them out.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025
The main hazard in telling a big story through the eyes of its main participant is the need to rely on his version as the honest truth.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2023
I don’t know if I want to tell you the honest truth or if I want to try to be a little bit more sophisticated.
From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2023
Your only job—and it’s a big one—is to try to speak and live your own honest truth.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
