How to Use sincere in a Sentence

sincere

adjective
  • He showed a sincere concern for her health.
  • He made a sincere attempt to quit smoking.
  • She seemed sincere in her commitment to finish school.
  • Please accept our sincere thanks.
  • He sounded sincere in his promises.
  • She has a sincere interest in painting.
  • The service is sincere and the food will mend your soul.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Doesn’t mean that there are not a lot of sincere people in the game.
    David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2023
  • My read is that most of them are too sincere, in their old age, to lie well.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Keep that in mind for their next thank-you session (which could well be sincere, by the way).
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Lead with the funny one, Chan says, then get into the longer, sincere one.
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024
  • His voice was so sincere, and that first verse and chorus is just him and a piano.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2023
  • My sincere thoughts are with you during this hard time.
    Good Housekeeping, 1 May 2023
  • For now, though, her interest in being a part of the Watch seems sincere.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Nef, despite some stiff line readings, makes Cal the most sincere and likable of the group.
    Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 June 2023
  • The word omotenashi means ‘to have no front or back’, and refers to welcoming guests with a sincere heart.
    Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
  • The Oscars can be a bridge, too, between the pageantry of the awards and the sincere recognition felt by those honored.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The problem is that a lot of wiggle room is bound to slyly be found within any of the most sincere of bans.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 July 2022
  • That is the sincerest and most powerful form of self-care.
    Courtney Smith, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Without Chandler, the more sincere elements of the show could have drowned in their own schmaltz.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2023
  • But the tone of Wednesday’s event stayed both lighthearted and sincere.
    BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
  • Jelly Roll’s win for Male Video of the Year was a real, sincere moment of joy and emotion.
    Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Their music is his search for a way to be sincere while also keeping up with a bit.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Even Roman gets a wholly sincere moment with Lucy at the end.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Not to make this the fat-people show, but my sincerest wish is that everyone had to live in a 300-pound body for a week.
    David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 17 June 2023
  • As Ross added some sincere words of praise for Kraft, the Patriots owner was shown smiling in the crowd.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
  • In that novel, the thirst for vengeance is sincere, if misguided.
    Jennifer Wilson, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2022
  • There’s a phrase for that: Imitation is the most sincere most form of flattery.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2023
  • And yet, the autopsy here felt sincere because of what’s driving it: that loss to Northern Illinois that never seems to go away.
    Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
  • During each round of balloting, cardinals stride toward Michelangelo’s fresco of the Last Judgment, then swear before Christ that their vote is sincere.
    Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024

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