How to Use frankly in a Sentence

frankly

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  • You can speak frankly to us.
  • And there’s not a lot of room, frankly, to their right.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Which, frankly, is a welcome change for the end of the world.
    — Olivia Truffaut-Wong, refinery29.com, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The death of any child are things that haunt me, frankly.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2021
  • And that's frankly what's done in the, in the $6 trillion package.
    — NBC News, 20 June 2021
  • And frankly, that sort of thing now feels more than a bit smug.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024
  • And frankly, this is the process of awarding funding a lot of the times.
    — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2022
  • The plot of Love Hard, frankly, sounds like a nightmare.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 8 Nov. 2021
  • And a lot of it, frankly, from the bench feels just like a guessing game.
    — Tami Abdollah, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2022
  • And that’s all gone right now because of, quite frankly, just the lies.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
  • The Hoosiers were, frankly, lucky to be down just eight, 34-26, at halftime.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2023
  • And, frankly, we're being isolated in the rest of the world.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2023
  • But some of it can also be seen, frankly, as just part of the job.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 21 July 2021
  • And, quite frankly, the team hasn’t won enough the last two postseasons.
    — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2023
  • And frankly, that was the most concerning part of it all.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Oct. 2022
  • This is frankly the kind of thing Netflix could and should do more of.
    — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The Jazz dancers, frankly, have some of the worst choreography in the league.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Some of that, frankly, has to do with the design of the character.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2022
  • But Haire found the fans on the market to be chunky, clunky and, frankly, ugly.
    — Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 21 July 2022
  • And quite frankly, many of them turned out to be some of my closest friends.
    — Andrea Kane, CNN, 18 June 2024
  • The first video is, frankly, the kind of play that a good defense swallows up.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022
  • And now, my beat, by the way, is all of Washington, the campaign trail, and, frankly, the world.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • And frankly, Cruz’s turn alone is worth the price of admission.
    — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2023
  • And frankly, getting along with Vladimir Putin is a good thing.
    — Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Nothing about the wiper or, frankly, about the Cybertruck makes much sense.
    — Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Have people find, frankly, the presence of God in their life.
    — Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2023
  • And frankly, to say more than that almost gives away too much.
    — Marah Eakin, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2022
  • And frankly, the pace of learning has never seemed faster.
    — Robert Logemann, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • LaCie's padded drives are great for travel, and frankly, this is a steal at this price.
    — Simon Hill, Wired News, 8 July 2025
  • When Draper closed the game out with an ace, Court 1 frankly erupted in polite conversation.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 12 July 2025

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