How to Use candor in a Sentence

candor

noun

• I was impressed by the candor of his statement.
• She spoke with candor about racism.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• But his bluntness and candor in the aftermath of the Uvalde shooting led his star to rise among Democrats.
  — Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 10 July 2023
• Kathie Lee became known for her candor as a parent in the public eye.
  — Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
• Her candor was part of what made her memoir a bestseller.
  — Clare Egan, Longreads, 18 Mar. 2022
• The grand jury report blasted Watkins for a lack of candor.
  — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022
• The 2nd-worst was the candor from a few key players (Higgins, Boyd) that the club lacked energy to begin the game.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2021
• World Peace has always shown the world a surprising sort of candor.
  — Jemele Hill, The Atlantic, 5 June 2019
• Thank you again for your candor, your ideas, and your commitment.
  — Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge, 12 June 2019
• Her on-the-record candor brought sharp criticism from lawyers, judges, and scholars.
  — Julie Cohen, Bloomberg.com, 23 Sep. 2020
• There’s a candor that everybody — the kids, the coaches, the cops, the teachers — shared, even in such a confusing time for all of them.
  — Scott Huver, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2023
• Or at least less inclined to speak with candor and color.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 5 June 2019
• In some cases, candor can seem too much for the platforms themselves.
  — Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2017
• Coates toes the line between journalism and advocacy with candor.
  — Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024