Honest

//ˈɒn.ɪst//

"Honest" in a Sentence (26 examples)

You seem an honest man.

You seem to be an honest man.

If you are honest, I will hire you.

Say what you will, I think he is an honest person.

An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.

We assume that he is honest.

If he had been honest, I would have employed him.

If he had been honest, they would have employed him.

To begin with, you must be honest.

A ragged coat may cover an honest man.

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brutally honest

We’re the most honest people you will ever come across.

A true and honest physician is excused for leaving his patient, when he finds the disease grown desperate

an honest account of events

honest reporting

an honest mistake

an honest scale

an honest day's work

an honest dollar

an honest countenance

Behold what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching!

[…] Vpon the verge of the Riuer there are fiue houſes, wherein liue the honeſter ſort of people, as Farmers in England, and they keepe continuall centinell for the townes ſecuritie.

[T]here are Wolf-Whelps in Palaces, and Governments, as well as in Cottages, and Forreſts. […] They go out however, as there is Occaſion, and Hunt and Growle for Company; but at the ſame time, they give the Sign out of their Maſters hand, hold Intelligence with the Enemy; and Make uſe of their Power and Credit to Worry Honeſter Men them Themſelves.

Wives may be merry, and yet honest too.

You have very much honested my lodging with your presence.

It wasn’t my fault, honest.

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