honest-to-goodness

Example Sentences

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It sells a slim control bar that magnetically snaps to the bottom of the screen, giving you honest-to-goodness physical buttons for music and climate control.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Her last opponent, Bill himself, pitches a private beach sword fight at sunrise “like a couple real-life honest-to-goodness samurais.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Released in 1976, chart-topping follow-ups in "Wings at the Speed of Sound" and "Wings Over America" underscored the band’s status as an honest-to-goodness juggernaut.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2025

Brunches with honest-to-goodness live country music are scarce in New York, and that surely makes country fans madder than a cat getting baptized.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2022

“It’s honest-to-goodness cinder, you know? It’s so much better than running on our lumpy dirt road. On that white school track, I feel like an eagle or something.”

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper