Sentence examples for somewhat honest from inspiring English sources
Although "can't get a sip" was a somewhat honest excuse, it was undercut when the Bush administration, days after the attacks, secretly turned on their illegal "Presidential Surveillance Program" to collect more, by a factor of thousands, of the communications of innocent American citizens, as well as those of billions of people around the globe.
Santiago is not a classic No. 5 hitter, but when Manager Dusty Baker flip-flopped Bonds and Jeff Kent in the batting order June 27 so that Bonds would bat fourth, Santiago became the man who had to produce to keep opposing pitchers somewhat honest.
This tends to keep the individual states somewhat honest in their dealings with citizens because they have to compete against 49 other states.
Jonathan Schulz, an experimental economist at Yale University who co-authored the study, refers to this phenomenon as "justified cheating"—a way to benefit while still feeling like a somewhat honest person.
Like Chairman Camp's approach or not, it was at least somewhat honest accounting.
The traditional mercenary who hires himself out (or himself and a dozen of his best buddies) is seen as somewhat honest, with at least a personal code of honor of some kind (even if it's just "do the job, get paid"); determined to accomplish the mission for which he has been paid and takes his reputation very seriously; and is scrappy yet skilled.
It was dreamlike, unforgettable and, to be honest, somewhat maddening.
The latest prominent (and to be honest, somewhat head-scratching) example: Universal Music Group and indie label Koch International agreeing to open their catalogs to the soon-to-be-launched free music download site SpiralFrog.
I remain also unconvinced (to be honest somewhat skeptical) about the quality of the figures.
Their 9-year-old son Hadji (an honest, if somewhat doe-eyed performance from Abdul-Khalim Mamatsuiev) is hiding, and manages to scramble away with his baby brother, succeeding later in leaving the infant with a local family.
And the hall proved an honest but somewhat dry performance space for the bright voices of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus in a sweet program that mixed the contemplative with the funky and cost just $5 a seat.
