HONEST in a Sentence

Learn HONEST from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
256 example sentences for HONEST, such as:
1. Live a noble and honest life.
2. Sometimes I wonder if he is honest.
3. An honest God is the noblest work of man.
4. He is the wise man who is the honest man.
5. One honest word is better than two oaths.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of HONEST
honest
 a.  without dissimulation; frank
 a.  not forged
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  "Times never change when there's a need for honest work to be done," stated the sharp-eyed old lady, refusing to be soothed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
2  And I'm ashamed for your mother, Scarlett, to hear you stand there and talk as though honest work made white trash out of nice people.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
3  When the war was over, a plantation could earn an honest living.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
4  Scarlett did not realize that all the rules of the game had been changed and that honest labor could no longer earn its just reward.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
5  The doctor says that if they do hang him it will be the first good honest job the Yankees ever did, but then, I don't know.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
6  He smiled down at her with the first expression of honest pleasure she had ever seen on his face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
7  I suppose you think it's honest to keep the Confederate money.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
8  Half the money is honestly mine," he continued, "honestly made with the aid of honest Union patriots who were willing to sell out the Union behind its back--for one-hundred-per-cent profit on their goods.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
9  Those consigned to the fields were the ones least willing or able to learn, the least energetic, the least honest and trustworthy, the most vicious and brutish.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
10  He's hard as nails and slick as a snake, but he'd be honest if it paid him to be honest.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
11  For a moment the balance hung between the honest affection everyone had for Will and their contempt for Suellen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
12  He was honest and he was loyal, he was patient and he was hard working, but certainly he was not quality.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
13  It was one of the few times she had ever seen him with his mask off, his face hard with honest hatred for his father and distress for his mother.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
14  The Carpetbaggers were looting the town, many honest folk were driven from their homes and did not know where to look for their next meal, and a negro sat in the lieutenant governor's chair.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
15  The ex-Confederate money has now become an honest woman.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
Example Sentence: (46 in 4 pages)
1  He was honest enough to admit his mistake.
2  Live a noble and honest life.
3  Although Bill has been in trouble with the police,he earns an honest penny these days by driving a van.
4  People need to know one another to be at their honest best.
5  I'd like you to give me an honest answer/your honest opinion.
6  The best that we find in our travel is an honest friend.
7  Truth is honest, truth is sure; Truth is strong and must endure.
8  One honest word is better than two oaths.
9  He is the wise man who is the honest man.
10  Sometimes I wonder if he is honest.
11  An honest man's word is as good as his bond.
12  An honest God is the noblest work of man.
13  The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar.
14  Can-ada's prime minister will be hoping to play honest broker in the row between the United States and Japan.
15  The only honest answer is, of course, yes.