How To Use Honest-to-goodness In A Sentence
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You'd not go there for posh nosh but if all you're after is a reasonable cup of coffee and an honest-to-goodness everyday nibble then it does very nicely.
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Socialism and anti-racism are ideas; greed and inequality are just plain, honest-to-goodness facts of life.
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Johnnie's LP, by contrast, hangs together like a real, honest-to-goodness, well-conceived elpee.
Crate Digging Revealed
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When the telephone in the hall rang (it was Bakelite and black and had an honest-to-goodness rotary dial on the front), Mr. Ibis answered.
AMERICAN GODS
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Setting aside Paul for a moment, real, honest-to-goodness libertarians are awfully thin on the ground.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The “Racist” Charge
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The informant may even be an honest-to-goodness patriot.
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This may sound like a small thing, but as an aspiring writer, reading an honest-to-goodness published writer's work, giving feedback, and even highlighting flaws, proved to be an astonishing gesture.
This Redneck’s Got Honest Voice
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Should a landlord refuse payment from a tenant if the money wasn't earned through honest-to-goodness hard work?
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I just got back from a visit to a barber, one of the honest-to-goodness kinds that I haven't been to in years.
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The performance, pliantly conducted by a visiting conductor, also delivered an honest-to-goodness duet, a first for Morris here.
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Three officers arrived within minutes, eager to solve the first case of honest-to-goodness crime in our 60-year-old cul-de-sac's history.
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Pragmatism and honest-to-goodness hard work can benefit us all.
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None of them needs any last-minute fiddling about with: they are just simple, earthy, honest-to-goodness dishes that will hopefully bring a smile to your face.
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Well, first I dreamt that I lived on the second or third floor of the building, and I was looking out the window and saw that my neighbours were having an honest-to-goodness orgy.
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Exactly how would the religious community react to the possibility of real, honest-to-goodness aliens in our midst?
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Established in 1929, the hotel has recently undergone a facelift, but still maintains the character of a place where locals have always gathered to catch up with each other and, of course, listen to some honest-to-goodness country music.
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More often than not, these men are not interested in taking me home to their families, introducing me to their friends or pursuing honest-to-goodness relationships.
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The storyline is genuinely engaging, an honest-to-goodness mystery.
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The momentary pause as their poor brains struggled to cope with the concept of an actual honest-to-goodness biker being in the room gave me just enough time to beat a hasty retreat.
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It was jellylike and undercooked in places, rock-hard in others, but it was real honest-to-goodness birthday cake.
Paradise General
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It's also nice to meet a promotions director who acts like an honest-to-goodness human being rather than an annoying sales representative.
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Al-Marri was an honest-to-goodness Al Qaeda sleeper agent masquerading as an exchange student.
David Rittgers: Domestic Military Detention Isn't Necessary
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The first statement is an honest-to-goodness lie, the last a half truth.
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The film's biggest dose of reality (and arguably its biggest draw) comes from the live, honest-to-goodness sharks that surrounded Travis and Ryan for two days during shooting.
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You will find everything from honest-to-goodness illuminated manuscripts from the depths of the Middle Ages to 1950s church-design manuals.
Loome Theological Booksellers, Stillwater, Minnesota
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Not an industry study, ‘tainted’ by profit motive, but a honest-to-goodness government study, pure in heart, uninfluenced by anything but a search for truth.
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Honest-to-goodness maraschino liqueur, by contrast, is subtle and elusive, and a sly way to add just a hint of sweetness to an otherwise unsugared drink.
Hemingway's Daiquiri
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Beyond this section, the cavern narrowed a bit and descended to a lower chamber and a crescent-shaped pool of greenish water, an honest-to-goodness underground lake.
The Omega Theory
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These last four episodes finally deliver emotional depth and honest-to-goodness conflict, which sets up even deeper (or more melodramatic, based on your viewpoint) reactions in the viewer.
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The first statement is an honest-to-goodness lie, the last a half truth.
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Brown, a captivating and mysterious Midwesterner whose intimate slices of life are as heart-achingly beautiful as she is, will begrudgingly let listeners step into her secret hiding place filled with honest-to-goodness words and music about the human condition.
Michael Bialas: Why Pieta Brown Digs the Music of Dylan, Dire Straits and her Dad
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Since there are so few mecha titles getting mentioned, I'll nominate Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988), if for no other reason than that Gundam is about the only sf show to feature honest-to-goodness O'Neill cylinders.
MIND MELD: Anime Film Favorites (+ The Top 14 Anime Films of All Time!)
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They specialize in honest-to-goodness homemade desserts.
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Well, suppose human beings had real, honest-to-goodness free will.
Unpersuasive Arguments for Free Will
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He estimates that ‘an honest-to-goodness clean-up of the corporate sector would entail the loss of two to three million jobs.’
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In the early 90s, they had their share of UK top 40 singles but no honest-to-goodness hits.
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Well, as you read about a couple days ago, I'm a real, honest-to-goodness New Yorker.
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But this is an honest-to-goodness slam on the brakes.
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My husband and I announced we were installing an honest-to-goodness in-ground pool complete with a deep end and a diving board.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers
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Beyond this section, the cavern narrowed a bit and descended to a lower chamber and a crescent-shaped pool of greenish water, an honest-to-goodness underground lake.
The Omega Theory
