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
“But, girl, that is the God’s honest truth about me.”
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2023
A diary entry on 2 April 2020, notes: "The tragic but honest truth is we don't have enough testing capacity to check anyway. It's an utter nightmare, but it's the reality."
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2022
My baby, my blood, my honest truth: entreat me not to leave thee, for whither thou goest I will go.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
