How to Use candor in a Sentence

candor

noun
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  • I was impressed by the candor of his statement.
  • She spoke with candor about racism.
  • Its lack of candor caught up to it, and honesty may now come too late.
    — David French, National Review, 27 June 2019
  • But her new songs explore adult life with the same candor as her teen hits.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2021
  • But don’t look for any candor from Rushdie on this point.
    — Michael Washburn, National Review, 13 June 2021
  • Her candor was part of what made her memoir a bestseller.
    — Clare Egan, Longreads, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Rosé is served, and so is the kind of candor displayed by Wintour.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Or at least less inclined to speak with candor and color.
    — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 5 June 2019
  • Now Bianchi and Stark say their candor may cost them their jobs.
    — Tracy Swartz, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2022
  • But the brothers did a nice job letting Brady talk – and talk with candor.
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The group members told her that her candor had the opposite effect on them.
    — WSJ, 18 Dec. 2020
  • In some cases, candor can seem too much for the platforms themselves.
    — Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2017
  • Thank you again for your candor, your ideas, and your commitment.
    — Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge, 12 June 2019
  • The result is a candor that can be elusive in candid snapshots.
    — Eric Moskowitz, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2022
  • It’s not a party that cares enough about our history to treat it with candor.
    — Rich Logis, The New Republic, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The grand jury report blasted Watkins for a lack of candor.
    — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Kathie Lee became known for her candor as a parent in the public eye.
    — Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The defendant’s lack of candor doesn’t do him any favors.
    — John Anderson, WSJ, 3 May 2022
  • World Peace has always shown the world a surprising sort of candor.
    — Jemele Hill, The Atlantic, 5 June 2019
  • Stone recalls celebrity run-ins and rehab stints with wit and candor.
    — Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The supervisor thanks you for your candor, then gives you a pep talk and some guidance.
    — Mike Kessler, Men's Health, 25 May 2022
  • Parkins said McNeil has set a high bar for honest candor on the air.
    — Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Gaetz’s blunt candor has endeared him to many voters in his district.
    — Brendan Farrington, orlandosentinel.com, 9 Oct. 2019
  • All of it comes together as one hymn: a song of candor and tenderness.
    — TheWeek, 31 Aug. 2020
  • There is a dark wit embedded in such candor, a monster that maybe lurks inside all of us.
    — Nathan Deuel, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Now, the tone has shifted to hail these couples for their candor about their marital strife.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Her candor has earned her praise from athletes across the sports world, like Michael Phelps.
    — Eileen Finan, PEOPLE.com, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Styles of candor that were once heroic are now commonplace.
    — Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
  • There is a place for refreshing candor on home-team broadcasts.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Her on-the-record candor brought sharp criticism from lawyers, judges, and scholars.
    — Julie Cohen, Bloomberg.com, 23 Sep. 2020

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