Below you will find example sentences with "brutally honest". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Brutally Honest in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: honest
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 5
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 25.6 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 4 start, 14 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "brutally honest" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a grumpy brutally honest and at, acted and brutally honest movie about, known, book and assessment stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with honest conversation, completely honest, good honest, honest conversation, completely honest and good honest, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with brutally honest
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
He is brutally honest. (4 words)
Norris has been brutally honest regarding his performances in recent weeks. (11 words)
I believe the compositions in my paintings must be brutally honest about these issues. (14 words)
It feels a little like how a fourth movie might feel, if were to make one in say the 2040s, and stands as a well-acted and brutally honest movie about growing both old and apart from someone who once meant a lot to you. (45 words)
Minhaj never shirks from throwing in his personal experiences as a second-generation Indian-American, giving the show a brutally honest sense of identity and firsthand proof that the systems he’s working to expose often target America’s most vulnerable. (41 words)
Yes, it’s hard-hitting and brutally honest, but one could argue it’s about time (indeed, the writer points out Britain should have been more honest with itself about the realities of the empire long before now). (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Yes, it’s hard-hitting and brutally honest, but one could argue it’s about time (indeed, the writer points out Britain should have been more honest with itself about the realities of the empire long before now).
Jason is known for his honest – often brutally honest – comments on Dancing On Ice and he might meet his match in Gemma.
Apparently, they had previously unreported “affairs” with Spears and were spooked upon hearing that Britney was set on writing a “brutally honest” book that might include her airing out a significant amount of dirty laundry.
He was asked by a reporter what caused the struggles in the first half, where he angrily responded with a brutally honest assessment of his team.
It feels a little like how a fourth movie might feel, if were to make one in say the 2040s, and stands as a well-acted and brutally honest movie about growing both old and apart from someone who once meant a lot to you.
Janhvi Kapoor is one of the most talented Gen Z actresses in Bollywood, and besides her brilliant acting skills, we also love her goofy and brutally honest side.
She is a scene stealer as a grumpy, brutally honest and at times kick ass villain to our protagonist.
The accountability is gonna be super high and we’re gonna be brutally honest about how things went here today.
The clip sparked a new stream of jokes from Twitter users calling for Affleck to do brutally honest commentaries of his other films.
Amaechi who is known for being brutally honest said he will always say the truth even if there’s a gun to his head.
I believe the compositions in my paintings must be brutally honest about these issues.
In fact, a brutally honest Coleman said he couldn’t find any positives to take out of the fixture.
Norris has been brutally honest regarding his performances in recent weeks.
The centre-back, 31, had delivered a brutally honest interview in the wake of Gerrard's departure as Rangers crashed out of the League Cup to Hibernian in 2021.
This film has all of Wong Kar Wai’s filmmaking signatures—it’s brutally honest about relationships, it’s shot with interesting camera angles and it’s shockingly tender when you least expect it.
Butler gave a brutally honest assessment of Warren after the game, saying “he’s soft” and “he’s not in my league”, among other things.
He is brutally honest.
Minhaj never shirks from throwing in his personal experiences as a second-generation Indian-American, giving the show a brutally honest sense of identity and firsthand proof that the systems he’s working to expose often target America’s most vulnerable.
Much like her popular Instagram account, the book is full of brutally honest anecdotes, ranging from how her body changed after birth to her bouts of depression.
South African born actress Charlize Theron made the startling and brutally honest comment when she admitted she thought her adopted daughter, Jackson, looked like a “little lizard”.