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Example sentences for "candor"

Lexicographically close words:
candles; candlestick; candlesticks; candlewood; candling; candour; candy; candytuft; cane; canebrake
  1. No, Blanche is candor itself; she would not have spoken to me of that romance had she known the young man.

  2. Delighted at the candor of the young girl, Urbain took her hand and pressed it against his heart, then, seating himself near her, he renewed the vows with which love for her inspired him.

  3. It is, above all, when one loves with the candor and good faith of early youth that one yields himself tremblingly to the first interview which sounds a knell to all the cherished past.

  4. It was the candor of a woman's pride in conquest.

  5. I want to talk to you with a candor that grows out of the affection we all felt for you--before this damnable thing upset our little world.

  6. I appeal to the candor and magnanimity of this assembly to determine whether such a course of proceeding be not manifestly unjust, and utterly incompatible with that equality of rights guarantied to the respective States.

  7. I put the question to the candor of gentlemen, and solicit a serious answer!

  8. For the truth of this position, I appeal to the history of that day--to the candor of gentlemen who hear me.

  9. Does not candor constrain all to confess that, long after the pretended repeal of the aforesaid decrees, our commerce was harassed in every sea where French cruisers could reach it?

  10. If there be candor in the world, the truth of these assertions will not be questioned; posterity, at least, will do justice to them.

  11. The candor of its advocates will answer the question in the negative.

  12. It is imperiously demanded by the dignity and candor of Congress itself.

  13. In declaring my sentiments freely, I invite you to treat me with equal candor in your letters, and in sending original papers, I guard against misrepresentations that might give you pain.

  14. The dispositions of his Catholic Majesty, and the candor of your Excellency, will leave no pretexts for misrepresentations.

  15. We are persuaded, Sir, that your remarks on these subjects resulted from real opinion and were made with candor and sincerity.

  16. Let us no less admire the candor with which they relinquished it, upon discovering its irremediable inefficacy.

  17. I cannot press this topic too far; I cannot address myself with too much emphasis to the magnanimity and candor of those who sit here, to suspect their own feelings, and, while they do, to examine the grounds of their alarm.

  18. This candor of the soul was still further evidenced around the eyes, in their corners, and about the temples, by pearly tints threaded with blue, the special privilege of these delicate complexions.

  19. Candor and upright intention are indeed every where manifest amidst the flashing corruscations which really compose the staple of the articles.

  20. Candor and upright intention also impose upon a commentator the duty of formulating his animadversions.

  21. Her sensitive mouth, so responsive to every look of his, the sweet candor of her eyes, her transparent belief in him--all forbade.

  22. But her candor and innocence were transparent; the purity beneath those limpid depths shone like a diamond in a pool.

  23. And yet, rare blending with such individual feelings, Arthur Hamilton looked with candor and kindness on the conduct and principles of others, however they might differ from his own, and found excuses for them, which none others could.

  24. That something was wrong, she felt certain, but still she trusted in his candor and integrity, and did not express her fears even to her husband.

  25. I find your candor delightful," he declared.

  26. After all, my uncle Ro is sometimes mistaken; though candor compels me to acknowledge that he is very often right.

  27. The face had always been handsome, having a very unusual expression of candor and benevolence impressed on features that were bold and manly.

  28. Little incidents of life, that told much for the candor of the recounter, were heard on all sides, until at length I really felt ashamed of my own deficiency in not having even contributed an anecdote for the benefit of the company.

  29. As my hearers invariably made their comments on my narratives in French, I was often amused to hear them record their opinions of myself, expressed with perfect candor in my own presence.

  30. So all tell me," replied Euphemia; "so all say who neither possess the sensibility nor the candor to allow that great merit may exist without being associated with great rank.

  31. Remember, your candor is at stake; to-morrow Mr. Constantine will judge for himself.

  32. Melissa acknowledged this to herself with the candor peculiar to the very wise and the very ignorant, who alone seem daring enough to look at things as they are.

  33. He was not dull, but he had a stupid masculine candor of soul that stood aghast before her unswerving hypocrisy.

  34. Well, I don't know," March said, with a candor he could not wholly excuse.

  35. There's something in that," the general admitted, with a candor that he made the most of both to himself and to her.

  36. He stated with apparent candor that he had bent the whole energies of his soul to the destruction of Genl.

  37. I cannot with candor tell you that general international relationships outside the borders of the United States are improved.

  38. But there were many vital questions concerning the future peace, and they were discussed in an atmosphere of complete candor and harmony.

  39. Without candor there can not be truth, and, as he himself has said, there can be no other virtue without truth.

  40. And it was from the country that Mollie was now writing her interesting blend of candor and reserve.

  41. I knew his weaknesses, and a perfectly open candor was one of the gravest of them.

  42. Tocqueville had the candor of the photographic camera.


  43. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "candor" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    artlessness; austerity; candor; cricket; directness; fairness; fluency; frankness; freedom; glibness; gush; honesty; innocence; loquacity; naivete; naturalness; openness; plainness; prolixity; roundness; severity; simplicity; sincerity; slush; sociability; sportsmanship; truth; unreserve; unrestraint; unsophistication; verbosity; vernacular; volubility