honesty

What happened in the end was a lesson in many things, first among them whether people whose honesty is questionable on one or two topics can be trusted on anything else.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

“The honesty is so refreshing,” one viewer wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

It’s nice to hear some honesty about the city’s perilous finances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

I couldn't, in all honesty, credit every guest with doing that.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Rush set the terms for what became a high-stakes game of honesty by proposing that they dispense with the usual topics and report to each other on their respective dreams.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

A sort of documentary of Bumper's last three days before retirement, the book tends to be a bit ostentatious in such honesties, as if they established Bumper's credibility.

From Time Magazine Archive

The honesties and fun that went into it seem childlike enough after 30 years of rough and sobering history.

From Time Magazine Archive

“What do you mean?” he asked her, and she heard a looming disagreement in his voice; he, too, believed in unbending, unambiguous honesties.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In essence, poetry is the love of life—not mere brutish tenacity of sensation, but a passion for all the honesties that make life free and generous and clean.

From Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned by Morley, Christopher

But blameworthy surely I am, thus generally to speake: for some I know, although not many, for whose poore honesties I dare aduenture mine owne.

From The Palace of Pleasure Volume 3 by Painter, William