honestly

Example Sentences

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But honestly, in another decade or so, we might feel profoundly different and start wondering why we didn’t try these crazy-sounding methods a lot sooner.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

“It honestly scared me. I thought I was gonna faint on stage, I really tried to push through my performance but I just couldn’t.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Katha Pollitt, who wrote a column for the Nation, is honestly the only prominent feminist writer whose name I remember regularly seeing in the pages of newspapers and magazines.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

The safe firm chooses Option A and earns its lighter burden honestly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Whatever stupid research she’s done that might suggest the Ranch is a bad place to live is wrong, so I’ll answer her even stupider questions honestly to prove it.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy