How to Use candor in a Sentence

candor

noun

• I was impressed by the candor of his statement.
• She spoke with candor about racism.
• There aren’t many jocks who combine smarts and candor with full-time affability.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 6 May 2021
• There is a level of candor happening that just isn’t typical.
  — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 5 Apr. 2021
• Maybe such candor is too much to ask of a show created for a platform owned by one of the world’s most valuable corporations.
  — Judy Berman, Time, 29 Apr. 2021
• Her writing in these two shows highlights her precision, clarity, and candor.
  — Alicia Ramírez, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2021
• Sean Casey, for example, is smart and incessantly pleasant, but way too gentle a soul to go deep with candor.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 6 May 2021
• The ADs were also given a chance to add comments, and they were granted anonymity in exchange for candor.
  — Eddie Pells, Star Tribune, 6 Apr. 2021
• Then there are Pelosi’s frank comments about colleagues, unusual even for a powerful veteran already well-known for her candor.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2021
• But Philip reflected the temperament of millions of his fellow countrymen and the candor of an aristocrat who had earned the right to speak his mind.
  — Philip Terzian, Washington Examiner, 15 Apr. 2021
• Two, increase candor by encouraging team members to give constant, unvarnished feedback.
  — Ryan Wong, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
• The response to her candor was overwhelmingly positive, especially from people who had gone through or were going through something similar.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 21 Apr. 2021
• That lack of candor is to the detriment of the business.
  — Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
• The Prince’s blunt candor has been a scandal for 500 years.
  — Michael Ignatieff, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2014
• But don’t look for any candor from Rushdie on this point.
  — Michael Washburn, National Review, 13 June 2021
• Now Bianchi and Stark say their candor may cost them their jobs.
  — Tracy Swartz, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2022
• My Mom Died, the iCarly star takes that candor to the extreme.
  — Vulture, 18 Aug. 2022
• Its lack of candor caught up to it, and honesty may now come too late.
  — David French, National Review, 27 June 2019
• Rosé is served, and so is the kind of candor displayed by Wintour.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 11 Sep. 2023
• Of course, she’s talked about much of this in the past, but rarely all in one sitting and with this much candor.
  — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 8 Feb. 2024
• There’s a whole lot to unpack there, and not quite enough time or candor with which to do it.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024
• But her new songs explore adult life with the same candor as her teen hits.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2021
• But the brothers did a nice job letting Brady talk – and talk with candor.
  — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2021
• Her candor has earned her praise from athletes across the sports world, like Michael Phelps.
  — Eileen Finan, PEOPLE.com, 1 Dec. 2021
• Parscale's moment of candor summed up the feelings of many in Trump's orbit on and around Jan. 6.
  — Alisa Wiersema, ABC News, 13 July 2022
• Parkins said McNeil has set a high bar for honest candor on the air.
  — Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• But perhaps the best bit of candor came from chair Dr. Greg Ferraro.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2021
• At the end of the meeting, the two sides thanked each other for the candor and agreed to continue meeting.
  — New York Times, 10 Aug. 2021
• The sprinter's candor about his mental health is in line with many of the athletes at this year's Games.
  — Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE.com, 11 Aug. 2021
• But this also goes back to the candor of the Heat and of coach Erik Spoelstra that the team is not right for everyone.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2022

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024