The phrase "a sort of honesty" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a type or kind of honesty that may not fit traditional definitions or expectations.
Example: "Her response reflected a sort of honesty that was refreshing in a world full of pretense."
Alternatives: "a kind of honesty" or "a type of honesty".
Still, as terrifying and unsettling as Snoop undoubtedly is, there's a sort of honesty to what she does, I'm not sure you can say the same about Brianna.
He envisioned the performer as an extension of the piece itself, he explained, so the goal was "not virtuosity but a sort of honesty, authenticity, the exhibition of his or her own limitations".
One prominent moralist perspective locates the ethical element of aesthetic architectural choice in obligations to a sort of honesty, in designing works that accurately represent underlying structural principles or operational capacities.
Amanda Fortini at Slate said she was comfortable with Wintour's elitism since that was intrinsic to fashion: Emma Brockes sees this in Wintour herself: "[Her] unwavering ability to look as if she lives within the pages of her magazine has a sort of honesty to it, proof that, whatever one thinks about it, the lifestyle peddled by Vogue is at least physically possible".
Was there any merit in it, a sort of grim honesty?
They have a sort of winning honesty: they are more about ideas than demonstrations of graphic skill.
In cleverer hands this all would either be kitschy or claustrophobic; here, it has a sort of anarchistic honesty earned over the centuries.
People like Mark Zuckerberg have long advocated for a sort of radical honesty when it comes to our lives online.
They invite a rare sort of honesty and patience in those around them.
Being an economist is a good signal of the sort of honesty I am looking for to become one, you have to spend years of monkish poverty and isolation in graduate school.
