frankly

Example Sentences

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After one such incident in 2018, a pilot wrote, “Quite frankly, this event scared the hell out of me.”

From Los Angeles Times

I think, frankly, he enjoys foreign policy because it is an area where the presidency has plenary power.

From The Wall Street Journal

So this time around, after a hellish year for myself, and frankly, the entire country, I decided Vitamin D was a requirement: I needed to go somewhere warm.

From Salon

"It's frankly astonishing that airlines think they can ignore the rules and mislead customers with unattainable prices, so it's absolutely right that the ASA has made this ruling," he said.

From BBC

“In this case, it’s really driven by maximizing return, and frankly, not losing money,” Cohen said.

From Barron's