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

It’s honest-to-God comedy because it worked or it didn’t work.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024

And with more and more of us now experiencing what look like actual, honest-to-God cures, it's time to retire the concept of "the cure for cancer."

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2022

I can maybe see an argument for steering clear of Russian Standard vodka, which is owned by Roustan Tariko, an honest-to-God oligarch.

From Slate • Mar. 9, 2022

She didn't want me to go then—and to tell the honest-to-God truth I found out that I didn't want to go neither.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison