How to Use truthful in a Sentence

truthful

adjective
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  • We were not entirely truthful with her about where we went last night.
  • I like keeping the house clean but, to be truthful, I hate vacuuming.
  • It was just told in the most truthful way with a lot of care from all of the crew.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 14 Aug. 2024
  • And there’s something truthful in the things that I’m drawn to as well.
    — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Your answer: truthful and to the point – was just right.
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 16 July 2021
  • One of the sources said that Mizuhara was not truthful when asked about The Times’ inquiries.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • To her credit, Williams was adamant the projects be truthful.
    — Alicia Rancilio, Star Tribune, 29 Jan. 2021
  • Rumors seem more truthful when sourced to a friend of a friend.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020
  • Some of the women said the statements were not even truthful.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 17 June 2019
  • One, is that Dawn was being truthful about her role in all of this.
    — Jonathan Leach, CBS News, 6 June 2017
  • Tell your story, be truthful to what come straight out of your mind.
    — Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • A lot of things get pitched and, ultimately, the things that stick are the ones that just feel truthful.
    — Max Gao, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2022
  • But even Altman, at least for now, doesn’t count on the models to be truthful.
    — Matt O'Brien, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Just be truthful and be true to yourself, and your kids are going to turn out just fine.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Share [Findings] Rumors seem more truthful when sourced to a friend of a friend.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The ways in which the two begin to share details of their lives has a truthful resonance to it.
    — Kerry Reid, chicagotribune.com, 30 May 2017
  • The story that locals like to broadcast to the world is a simple, even truthful one.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Read: The most truthful moment of the Emmys Don’t miss what matters.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Having faith and stay the course and keep making truthful music and time will tell.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Love your family, love your friends who are faithful and truthful to you and you to them.
    — Naveen Kumar, Town & Country, 16 Feb. 2021
  • Weisblum says their first step was to make the dialogue scene work on its own and be truthful to that.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 31 Jan. 2022
  • My advice is to omit this person off your guest list, and if you are asked why, be truthful.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Audiences are very aware of what’s truthful and what isn’t.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2021
  • How to Get Away With Murder has been very truthful about how that is handled.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Wanda is truthful and in your face, and Regina is a total wild card.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The actors are telling a truthful story, which makes the humor so much more fun and so real.
    — Emily Sorensen, Pomerado News, 11 July 2018
  • The way to respond to this sort of breach is to be judicious, respectful, truthful — and to let your wife be the fall guy.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 14 June 2017
  • Do yourself a favor and find a nice, smart, truthful, single man to date.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2021
  • And lawyers have a responsibility as officers of the court, even in the public square, to be truthful and honest.
    — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Bold and truthful economic compensation to correct the drainage over the last few decades is the only plausible antidote strong enough to counter otherism, nativism, and all other tools of fascism.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024

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