honest-to-God

Example Sentences

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Access to honest-to-God race cars is one of the many perks of membership at the recently launched Singer Drivers Club, housed at the Willow Springs International Raceway about 80 miles north of Los Angeles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

But it is not a show about honest-to-God people.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2025

My Hollywood ending was far from glamorous: me, catatonic on Nick’s couch, realizing I had given it all up for an honest-to-God psychopath.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025

It was a call to arms, a campaign strategy session, and—above all—an honest-to-God old-fashioned Pentecostal tent revival.

From Slate • Sep. 25, 2024

Noon approached in a slow crouch, pulling itself along the road, warming the air to honest-to-God spring.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline