Example Sentences

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Truthfulness is part of how we see ourselves as a nation: Asked to describe the ideal American, “honest” usually comes right before “hard-working,” “neighborly” and “brave.”

From Washington Times • Jan. 7, 2021

Clancy Martin is a professor of philosophy at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the author of “Love and Lies: An Essay on Truthfulness, Deceit, and the Growth and Care of Erotic Love.”

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2018

Truthfulness, a touchstone for Robbins, inevitably became a criterion when watching the Robbins tributes.

From New York Times • May 4, 2018

Mottoes proclaim, the thoughts of pious Mr. Robinson in words like these: "Honesty and Truthfulness combined with Speed and Correctness are necessary to make good Business Men and Women."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Truthfulness is a habit that may be regained," I said earnestly.

From The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy by Cholmondeley, Mary