frankly

Example Sentences

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This is, quite frankly, the last thing the prime minister needs.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

“We are nowhere near liquidation—and frankly, even if markets moved dramatically against us, we’d simply supply more collateral,” World Liberty said in an X post.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 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 added that extreme declines like those seen Thursday, “or frankly over the last three months, are not based on investors selectively applying AI risk on a company-by-company basis.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

“I was frankly terribly shocked to learn that it did.”

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow