How To Use Honest In A Sentence

I again affirm that I need make no apology for attaching my name to that of one so worthy the esteem of his co-dogs, ay, and co-cats too; for in spite of the differences which have so often raised up a barrier between the members of his race and ours, not even the noblest among us could be degraded by raising a "mew" to the honour of such a thoroughly honest dog. The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too
This relationship is also honest, but you keep it a bit more circumspect because you know this person is going to follow in your footsteps. Christianity Today
While poor excommunicated Miss Tox, who, if she were a fawner and toad – eater, was at least an honest and a constant one, and had ever borne a faithful friendship towards her impeacher and had been truly absorbed and swallowed up in devotion to the magnificence of Mr Dombey and Son
He's not tried to be dishonest, he has just forgotten to mention one thing.
Companies must earn a reputation for honesty.

Try poppies, cornflowers, stocks, love-in-a-mist, cosmos, mignonette, larkspur, honesty, ox-eye daisies, marigolds, phlox, sunflowers, zinnias - whatever takes your fancy.
We've had a bouvier for 7 years, and I can honestly say that they're not for everyone. I've never had a dog.
There is actually a dishonesty, really, about that slogan that says to keep it in the laboratory and it will be OK.
Dishonesty is always one way of climbing the ladder of success, but dishonest intentions and manipulations are more prone to fail. Dr T.P.Chia
I'm sure there's a load of stuff I'm supposed to be doing today, but quite honestly I can't remember what it was.
His dark eyes stared back, full of rawness, honesty and uncompromising sincerity.
I am honestly disturbed by last Monday's shooting of the booter on the city's South Side. The Parking Ticket Geek: Don't Shoot The Messenger: Take Action!
Have the courage to be honest with yourself and about yourself.
People on welfare are wrongly seen as lazy or dishonest.
And, to be honest, he did not seem to be that agile as he moved around stage.
To be honest, we might be dealing with a hyphen situation here. HEAVEN, TEXAS
What a suasory example it is for those, who through some freak of fortune, being enabled to shake off the dust of honest toil and industry, are very ready to look downward with contempt upon the rank they have just left. Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense
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In all honesty, the only thing I was actually doing right was my schoolwork.
This seems more honest to me than jettisoning the stuff far out to space where who knows what damage it might do in the faroff reaches of the sky.
Honesty is the most praiseworthy quality one can possess.
What is uncontestable is that he is an honest player and, in the present climate, he accepts that is crucial. Times, Sunday Times
Fraudsters are often shopped by honest friends and neighbours.
The following day, North accused his bosses of appalling, dishonest and unethical behaviour.
In contrast to the image of the poet as the orderer, the craftsman, the poets of the _Fragments_ have a kind of artlessness (to us a very studied one, to be sure) that gave them an aura of sincerity and honesty. Fragments of Ancient Poetry
First, I have great faith that any movie with Captain Mal (erm, Nathan Fillion) will be fantastic. honestly, I think the best book-to-movie translations are those where the moviemaker is not trying to recreate the book onscreen. They're (Not) Gonna Put Me In the Movies
Honesty may be dear bought; but can never be an ill pennyworth.
We've just decided to be open and honest about it. The Sun
It also means an honesty and transparency of Government that we have not seen for years. The Sun
There seemed to my perverted sense a certain poetic justice about the fact that money, gained honestly but prosaically, in groceries or gas, should go to regild an ancient blazon or prop up the crumbling walls of some stately palace abroad. Worldly Ways and Byways
The little silver bell tinkles at a wayside shrine, calling the labouring man to propitiate the idol for the carelessness and detected dishonesties of his day's labours, and goodly Hindus, men and women, stream down the busy thoroughfare, responsive to the call. Love and Life Behind the Purdah
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
Procedures that were set up to expose and correct dishonesty were themselves blocked or shown to be inefficient.
The walk home was less of a gallop and quite honestly it was a relief to get into bed.
I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.
Would you trust this man to behave fairly, honestly, and ethically in his portfolio?
Didn't prevaricate but answered forthrightly and honestly.
But I think it came at a moment when Americans were particularly hungry for someone they could perceive as honest, upstanding, and a hero.
I don't honestly know why he agreed to do the film, except that all he wanted was a fifteen-minute death scene.
Most American designers are either obsessed with objective space or suffer from just trying to make things look cool - but here there is evidence of honesty, conceptualism and philosophy.
While we can credit him for some degree of intellectual honesty in confronting the hypocrisies and irrationalities that govern so much of public life, religious and non-religious, Christopher Hitchens, in the end, could not offer a vision of true humanness because he dwelled in the cynical faculties of the mind without being adequately informed by the positive wisdom of the heart. Kabir Helminski: Christopher Hitchens is "Not Great"
Third, "patronizing" is an understandable complaint but I do have honest respect and admiration for most people at TT. A Pat on the Back for Matzke
Honestly, is there no end to the brazen behaviour of banks? Times, Sunday Times
She has always been candid and honest. Times, Sunday Times
I can't believe people honestly teased you about that.
Selecting cadres fairly and honestly is our Party's political strategy and important means of resisting "periodic law".
Dishonest members are to be admonished; if they continue in dishonest practices, excommunication follows.
This has become a motif among net-critics, whose vanguard is Andrew Keen, who wrote a sloppy, intellectually dishonest book called The Cult of the Amateur that damns the Internet for much the same reasons (Clay Shirky wrote a great response to Keen). Boing Boing
A good lawyer might fudge the issue for his client - not sufficiently to get him off the hook, but sufficiently to suggest that he honestly felt himself justified in making a second marriage.
Although Bill has been in trouble with the police,he earns an honest penny these days by driving a van.
To be honest, I like the Heath who was caring, affectionate and down to earth, more than the Heath who was pimping practically every girl he came across.
A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not. Ernest Hemingway
In this he is inspired by his partner's honesty and openness. Times, Sunday Times
We expect verbal attack, and it helps to keep us honest. Times, Sunday Times
There's no way you'll hear me saying, ‘dishonesty at any level corrupts the individual’, or find me stalking birds around the garden.
I believe my sister to be honest.
Also, in answering your other question, I think to contact him you should write an honest-to-god letter and send it via snail mail. A Brother By Any Other Name | Her Bad Mother
The honest man was grown splenetic: disregarded by every body, he was become disregardful of himself: he hoped for a cure of his gloominess, from her cheerful vein; and seemed to think himself under obligation to one who had taken notice of him, when nobody else would. Sir Charles Grandison
War poetry and memoirs tell a more honest story. Times, Sunday Times
John was a much loved and respected member of the community, known for his upright and honest nature.
Instead of attending, I thought heavily about throwing things at the hearse as this would at least have been straight-forwardly and honestly disrespectful. And for my next trick……. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
He is honest and has moire integrity then what we have seen from other candidates. Obama, Clinton court Puerto Rico's voters
It is the abuse of the filibuster that has been the issue here and that repugs have no integrity, no honesty in dealing, no sense of fairness or justice — there should be some way to preserve the filibuster in order for the minority to be heard, but something must be done to prevent the abuses of the repugs. Think Progress » Sen. Tom Udall Calls Reid’s Promise To ‘Take A Look At The Filibuster’ A ‘Warning Shot’ To Republicans
His answers were claer, concis, and honest, unlike Hillary clinton! rick Blitzer on Obama: He seemed at ease
Honest serials play fair with these cliffhangers, putting the hero into danger and giving the audience a week to sweat over how he will escape the peril.
She came from a good, honest, working-class background.
There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men. Edmund Burke
Many such terms bombard the English language continually: some are stopped at the barriers of honesty and common sense; many invade the lexicon like novae, only VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol 1 No 2
It's honestly embarrassing to listen to, but one should refrain from calling Arrington a brown-noser because who knows? Dan Snyder Mounts Charm Offensive Many Years Too Late
Let's be honest, the tan-demic is really fashion's fault: In the last five years we've seen a very bohemian/hippie/California-girl style reign supreme, and naturally (no pun intended), what goes better with boho than a faux glow (or Uggs, for that matter)? Verena von Pfetten: Tan Is The New Tacky
The 'h' in honest is silent, as in 'hour'.
So how 'bout simply saying a muted but sincere 'Thank you, God' for an honest and smart president who's trying to move ahead by untangling the 'fubar' mess left by the crooks, dummies and wackos who ruled Washington for eight long years. Giles Slade: Obama Without Glamour
The night's very dark," said Hobbie, rising and looking through the casement of the cottage; "and, to speak truth, and shame the deil, though Elshie's a real honest fallow, yet somegate I would rather take daylight wi 'me when I gang to visit him. The Black Dwarf
But that doesn't excuse the tribalism from the people with my skin color who want to deprive honest and hardworking people of the chance to make it in a free society because they don't happen to have a high-IQ. A Childish Question About Immigration, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
The play explores children's honest if naive attempts to reconcile conflicts between rules of peer friendship and the expectations of parents.
Yesterday at Ness's we went on this hike for about 3 hrs roundtrip to this amazing place simply called the Viewpoint where honestly and cornily, I felt on top of the world. Hot Cold Hot Cold
Don't punish your child for being honest.
So that one of his Oxford friends, as he traveled through Childrey, inquiring for his diversion of some of the people, Who was their minister, and how they liked him? received this answer: Our parson is one Mr. Pococke, a plain honest man. A Reader's Manifesto
The honest depiction seemed to emphasize his worst features: his big nose, the dark circles under his eyes, his slightly receding hairline.
Louise's logic suggests that, had Nolan managed to steer Ranger's nod down the right side of the post minutes before Coloccini's unwitting own goal let's be honest, that *would* have been undeserved, which is just absurd. The Guardian World News
Returned home he relates the incident, and only through his mother's intercession escapes a thrashing from his honest father, for telling a lie.
That brief confrontation with Luke Calder had unsettled her far more than the incident in the garage, if she was honest.
He sends in a message on a piece of loo roll (honestly, it's true) suggesting he had tried the sandwich and ‘I'm still in here (the thunderbox)!’
i told my wife the other night, i'm hoping that obama can slip in a few "dishonors" and "dishonorables" under the radar on tuesday night. mccain will catch it and it will set him off. i honestly think that's the one button that you can push with mccain that he can't resist blowing up over -- hitting his honor (or lack thereof). Obama Campaign Launches Pre-emptive Ad Strike Against McCain's Planned Character Assault
Honestly, what benefit is there to newspapers in getting people to register just to read an obit?
either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver
The issue is too complicated for honest sound bites anyway.
He is a simple, honest man, totally lacking in guile.
Levy is a creditable state advocate, a Jehovah's Witness with a reputation for honesty.
As a complete man, constant, generous, full of honest courage, as a hardy follower of Thought wherever she might lead him, above all, as a confessor of that Truth which is forever revealing itself to the seeker, and is the more loved because never wholly revealable, he is an ennobling possession of mankind. Among My Books First Series
Oroveso to the Druidical chorus, was a muscular spinster, fierce and forty, sporting steel spectacles, a frizette of the most scrupulous honesty, and a towering comb which formed what the landscape-gardeners call "an object" in the distance. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864
_The comedy of Wilmot successful: The wounded stranger seen at a distance: Oratory abandoned with regret: The dangers that attend being honest: A new invitation from Hector: A journey deferred by an arrest, and another accidental sight of the stranger_ The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
Al-Marri was an honest-to-goodness Al Qaeda sleeper agent masquerading as an exchange student. David Rittgers: Domestic Military Detention Isn't Necessary
How can we live honestly, not deceiving ourselves yet not giving way to cynicism or despair? Christianity Today
Then again, integrity, honesty and character are not items that can be used to describe today's left.
If unconditional, it converts to dogma, which is incompatible with intellectual honesty.
A more transparent and honest way of charging would be preferable to the underhand and morally dubious system currently employed. Times, Sunday Times
‘The Royal Assassin's identity must remain unrevealed,’ came the honest, gentle reply.
I believe in honesty is the best policy, not fake sniper fire. Schneider: More sobering news - the value gap
Please can we have some honest answers which really address the true situation?
How would your life be different if...You approached all relationships with authenticity and honesty? Let today be the day...You dedicate yourself to building relationships on the solid foundation of truth and authenticity. Steve Maraboli
Maybe if we could be honest about sex, we could be honest about marriage and monogamy and family.
The nation 's army of honest hard workers really do deserve better than this. The Sun
Potiphar discovers that Joseph is surprisingly honest, diligent and bright for a common slave, and puts him in charge of all the affairs of his house. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Deception And Desire: An Overview Of Genesis
One dishonest plumber does more harm than a hundred poetasters.
On a workaday basis, it doesn't matter much, to be honest.
Top be honest I was a little bit tired, I suppose every one of us on the Great Britain team was, but we were all ready to give it a bash again.
Anyway, the BIG story here is that one honest woman was able to do what pack of university trustees and fellows and so on couldn't or wouldn't do: stop ND's pell-mell pursuit of cozy relations with the politically correct even when it means honoring abortionism's standard bearer. Former Laetare Medalist to deliver address at Notre Dame's commencement
The first statement is an honest-to-goodness lie, the last a half truth.
There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men. Edmund Burke
In an honest attempt to fund their retirement accounts, many individuals contribute amounts in excess of the allowable limits.
“Dear boy! it came from the honestness of his heart!” The Small House at Allington
Faced with the reality of being alone for the first time she talked openly and honestly with John about her feelings: her disgust with herself, her fear of failing at her job, her growing conviction that her childlessness was a punishment, and the frequent wish that she could simply die and put an end to her misery. Alcohol and The Addictive Brain
With voluntaryism and self-improvement went self-respect, a code of honesty and a sense of respectability.
Just as the flies are unfaithful partners, some flowers are dishonest about signaling a nectar reward.
Ask him whether he can say, with honesty and sincerity, that he is happy.
As he accepts, it would have been dishonest to write an autobiography without touching on this subject. Times, Sunday Times
When rogues (or thieves) fall out, honest men come by their own.
He fought against dishonesty and corruption, opportunism and cowardice.
It aims also to establish straightforward and honest dealings among the catteries and to do away with the humbuggery which prevails in some quarters about the sales and valuation of high-bred cats. Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others
Just as predictably, their basis for that outrage is a highly dishonest portrayal of what Forrest writes.
Basil's percussion playing is almost a permanent fixture in the mall and he sticks to his task of earning an honest dollar with zeal.
But I am thankful to live in times when men no longer have the temptation to write so as to call blushes on women’s cheeks, and would shame to whisper wicked allusions to honest boys. Roundabout Papers
We must accept that the decline of political honesty and political reporting is inevitable. Times, Sunday Times
The secret of success is honesty and fair dealing.
Mary graduates from a tense, haunted guilt about her role in the murder of Darnley to a radiant, assured queenliness in the spiritual honesty and dignity with which she faces death.
The auditor says that the report does not suggest that any officer or councillor acted dishonestly. Times, Sunday Times
The criticism that atheists are less moral and honest has been disproved by study after study. Atheists believe that morality is man-made, and follow their moral ideas which are more or less compatible with those of religious believers. Dr T.P.Chia
At certain times, most people find it difficult to communicate honestly, directly and openly with other people.
And honestly, the answer, so far as I can tell from eleven months in the twin trenches, is nothing. The worms will save us all. « A Bird’s Nest
Phrenologists became equally puzzled by villains with prominent bumps of honesty and integrity.
All but four members of the commission said that the last election was fair and honest.
Scots, plack and bawbee, gin ye'll be an honest fallow for anes, and just daiker up the gate wi 'this Sassenach. Rob Roy — Complete
I appreciated the student's candor in honestly evaluating these new techniques.
I am not questioning the integrity nor the bravery of the NSW "firie", but let's be honest.
Honestly! Do you ever listen?
To be honest nothing has been proven about Mr. Johnson's mortage at Countrywide. .it's still speculatory. Obama's VP vetter steps aside
Honestly, I glow with pride to see my genes being passed down the line so successfully. Times, Sunday Times
But at the same time it would be dishonest not to admit that events added some character of sorts to the holiday.
You may not get exactly what happened in a private meeting involving the commissioner of baseball, but I think it's the most honest section of a newspaper or in the periodicals.
Obama's dignified elevation of our national discourse through honesty, depth, and nuance was greeted by ratings-esurient tabloid news, race-baiting commentary, and rancorous replay of Wright -- ad nauseam. Shaun Jacob Halper: Beyond Jeremiah: A New Kind of Media for Obama's New Kind of Politics
And he is being made to pay for that honesty and candor now that his statements are being twisted.
He accomplished this task by treachery, secrecy, speed and dishonesty.
To get your sex life back on track, begin with an honest, heart-to-heart talk with your honey.
In his early years he also sold a variety of articles like accordions, concertinas and mouth-organs, costume accessories and straw hat polish - anything indeed which would turn an honest penny.
Whereas if only she had been dishonest, and therefore commonplace, she would either have chucked her given word to the devil, or the deep grey sea over which she stood, and cleared for her own happiness and a marriage licence; or kept her word in one sense while making deedy little plans of triangular pattern for future reference. Leonie of the Jungle
And should that not tickle your fancy - perhaps this will instead - um, yes, I found it looking for pictures of growbags, honest m'lud.
The fault lies with the dishonest blackheart who sees his patients as dollar signs. EMR Ethics
It's a goddamned movie, and, let's be honest here, there are many more productive things to be than a goddamn filmmaker.
But Luo Zhixiang occasionally reveals the simple and honest makings, pour may also develop open shamelessly.
Indeed those elections were neither fair nor honest; they were regimented and tightly controlled.
He seems so honest and genuine and my every instinct says he's not.
It is impossible to write an honest letter to somebody who may send it on to a third party.
To be honest, the thought of jumping out of a moving aeroplane makes my hair stand on end.
When there is no recreation or business for thee abroad, thou may'st have a company of honest old fellows in their leathern jackets in thy study which will find thee excellent divertisement at home. The Guide to Reading — the Pocket University Volume XXIII
Honest to God, I wasn't there.
To be honest, for much of the match it looked unlikely that anyone would find the back of the net and the first half probably saw BBC viewers collectively reaching for their remote controls and checking out the Eastenders omnibus.
Truth compels me to state that the division was made honestly, and that little Stennes crime did not seem so terrible to him when he heard the coins jingling under his blouse, and thought of the games of galoche which he had in prospect. The Child Spy
Let's be honest, business is about exchanging goods for cash; no genuine business would deliberately omit a mention of its products and a description of its operations.
Simon notes that he's going hatless and being a bit smarmily please-the-parents-y: ‘I prefer the other side of you, to be honest.’
Leave an honest, informative review – Of course, we all love good reviews, but honesty is the most important. 2010 May «
It's refreshing to see some honesty from the media.
A day after unveiling his campaign on a new website, Emanuel hit the streets vowing to "hear from Chicagoans – in blunt and honest terms" about what they want from their next mayor. Rahm Emanuel Snubs Pilsen Sit-In Protesters During 'Listening Tour'
As a doctor you have a professional responsibility to deal with complaints constructively and honestly.
Information is a mere click away on the net and if you were honestly knowlegeable in Hurrian than you'd have surely read Woodard, The Ancient Languages of Asia Minor 2008, p.94 which gives a clear summary of the Hurrian declensional system. Nipping the PIE ergative *-s theory right in the bud
I'm just an ordinary businessman, trying to earn an honest penny.
Honest, I was really nice about it but nevertheless I did have to wonder if they really wanted to leave town where there are some great ‘eateries’ for a place where there's nowt!
People ask me why I want to get into advertising and I'm always stumped to give them a real answer that they can honestly believe.
What happens when I tell them that you're every bit as stiff-necked and honest as I am? AMBERBEACH
Honesty and sincerity, especially the fake variety, are conveyed by steady eye contact and leaning towards the audience. Times, Sunday Times
_very_ honest, or _exceedingly_ just, for the words _honest_ and _just_, literally admit of no comparison. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures
Ms Lay said her husband is an ‘honest, decent, moral human begin who would do absolutely nothing wrong.’
Quite honestly, there's no hiding to be done behind politics.
I think more behave honestly than dishonestly. Times, Sunday Times
There is a delicious irony about a campaign promising more honesty in politics through the deployment of an argument it must know to be entirely dishonest. Times, Sunday Times
Honestly, it is well worth bunking off work altogether on these occasions, since the pleasure of watching the artless production economies more than repays the rows I get for missed deadlines.
This past week has honestly been one of the most exciting of my entire career. The Sun
Whereas in times when there was some order and government the travellers might be safe in the open roads, and the robbers were forced to lurk in the by-ways, no, on the contrary, the robbers insulted on the open roads without check, and the honest travellers were obliged to sculk and walk through by-ways, in continual frights. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther)
Be honest and truthful with your employees at all times; don't sugarcoat the truth in an attempt to soften the blow of difficult news.
The only way to handle these situations is to actually be honest and just ask "I'm really sorry I forgot, but what's your name again?"
But honestly, I think a higher emphasis should be placed on the instituting of green practices energy usage reduction, etc rather than the development of green technologies and the necessitation of a stronger regulatory environment for the green movement to succeed. Both candidates tout "Clean Coal" -- but it doesn't exist! | The Greenwash Brigade | Marketplace from American Public Media
Those are all questions deserving honest answers.
Between sogers and Saxons, and caterans and cattle-lifters, and hership and bluidshed, an honest woman wad live quieter in hell than on the Hieland line. '' Rob Roy
Page 36 serve for the resort and refuge of masterles men and other idle and evill dispozed persons, and are the cause of cozenages, thefts, and other dishonest conversacion and may also be used to cover dangerous practizes. Wrong Side of the River: London's disreputable South Bank in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Jessica A. Browner
Their honesty and hospitality an enduring impress on her life.
Public servants should be open and honest and not engage in corruption and "wheeler-dealing", Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu ANC Daily News Briefing
It must be noted that the postwar Dutch government, compared with its counterparts in other countries, has done an exemplary job of honestly documenting-and repenting of-its people's wartime collaboration.
He's that kind of man: modest and honest and difficult to write about without seeming obsequious. Times, Sunday Times
It is impossible to write an honest letter to somebody who may send it on to a third party.
The U.S. bettor can make his wagers in the safe knowledge that he is dealing with a good, honest business.
However, I'm reminded of an episode of Ace of Cakes where Duff's crew did a very detailed ear as a gift from a patient to his surgeon after a procedure that gave the patient his hearing back. *g* Though to be honest the decorator was a bit creeped out, IIRC... This'll Cure that Freaky Fetish
When I found out it was folksonomy I was a little disappointed, to be honest.
Elizabeth looked up at him, her gaze straight, her expression devoid of coquetry, absolutely honest. The Virgin's Lover
Honesty and diligence should be your eternal mates.
At a swift 80 minutes, part with your fistful of dollars for this tale that delivers an unconventional but honest approach. The Sun
In all honesty, they were again seeing it as our input sabotaging what they wanted to do.
People thought they were getting an honest, unspun prime minister. Times, Sunday Times
I can honestly say that I have never had more unpalatable lamb cutlets in my life.
She is very blunt, very straightforward and very honest.
JAMEINA WILLIAMS, DATED KOBE BRYANT: When Kobe admitted to having an affair with this young lady it did not surprise me whatsoever, because he is an honest person. CNN Transcript Jul 20, 2003

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