How to Use frank in a Sentence

frank

1 of 2 adjective
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  • And there’s still, just to be quite frank with you, this is the beginning of a process.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Ed took his king and — perhaps with an air of frank and open honesty — led the eight of clubs.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2024
  • To be frank, this is fairly dense stuff, for safety nerds.
    — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • But the other is, to be perfectly frank, this work is my life.
    — Ted Koppel, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2023
  • To be frank, the labels are companies that sell their artists.
    — Felice León, Essence, 21 June 2023
  • Kate, a frank Midwesterner, described all of this on the phone to me last week.
    — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
  • McBride resists this through speaking to those who knew his subject and aren’t afraid to be frank.
    — Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Leslie Jones’s version of The Daily Show did a lot of stuff really well this week, to be frank.
    — Vulture, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The conversations the two have on their trip are admirably frank.
    — In Will & Harper, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2024
  • To be frank, there has been no other product on the market to have such an impact on my lips.
    — Jessica Ourisman, Allure, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Chu does not appear to be looking over his shoulder much in his frank farewell.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
  • And these candidates are, to be frank, a danger to our country.
    — Rhonda Abrams, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Some of the leaders come and speak to me very often, and very frank conversations.
    — Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Amazingly frank for 1962, right down to the Greenwich Village gay bar scene.
    — The New Republic, 22 June 2023
  • Miss Lansbury is frank to acknowledge that lady luck has been good to her.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Salma Hayek got frank about the effects of aging on Instagram.
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 6 June 2023
  • Baptiste was frank with what his ambitions were on fight night.
    — Joe Eachus, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Don't forget to snap a photo of your beef frank or corn dog below the trademark signage.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The rest of her narrative is recounted in the same frank, matter-of-fact style as her paintings.
    — Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Because McDonough was always frank about the state of the team, there was speculation at the time that his candor cost him the job.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2023
  • And Elon is very frank in saying that xAI is a competitor to these companies.
    — Michael Calore, WIRED, 20 July 2023
  • To be frank, tracking down those jersey numbers would be ... a challenge.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2022
  • One wonder of the series is Wilkes’s frank treatment of her parents’ bodies.
    — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Nordstrom reviewers, however, tend to be a bit more tight-lipped (and stingy with the five-star reviews, to be frank).
    — Jessica Teich, Good Housekeeping, 19 Aug. 2020
  • As a mom of two 16-year-olds [myself], their attitudes around periods are so much more frank and open.
    — Maddie Browning, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2023
  • While the stories hop around in time, the funny, frank narrator, David, remains a fixture.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
  • To be quite frank, everybody, outside of Dan, had a little bit of a harder time talking about that.
    — Charna Flam, Variety, 28 June 2023
  • It’s always been the professional’s platform and, to be frank, kind of boring.
    — Trey Williams, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Conversations with them in private are very frank and very forthright.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Huffman, though, had warned upon his return that cracking down on one community threatened frank exchange in all of them.
    — Paresh Dave, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2024
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frank

2 of 2 noun
  • This frank looked as if it had been sat on before being served.
    — cleveland, 19 July 2022
  • The brand’s new recipe for hot dogs represents the first change to Oscar Mayer’s franks in six years.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 17 May 2023
  • At the Wiener’s Circle, a Chicago-style vegetable dog means all of the toppings and condiments in a bun, with no frank.
    — New York Times, 21 July 2022
  • And of course one of those Ball Park franks was jutting out of his hand at an unnatural angle.
    — Anthony Chin-Quee, Men's Health, 21 Apr. 2023
  • But unlike a long bath brine or marinade, the flavors of the binding agent don’t transfer as much, so your meat won’t end up tasting like a ballpark frank.
    — Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, 21 Sep. 2020
  • His Lincoln Logs is a butterflied frank layered with cream cheese, a version that sort of splits the difference between the classic sandwich and a Seattle dog.
    — Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The combo meal, which consists of two franks and a medium tropical drink for $6.95, remains a top-seller, accounting for at least half of overall sales, Rachael Gray said.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 3 May 2023
  • The Sam’s Club combo is similarly advertised — as a ¼-pound all-beef frank — but comes with a 30 oz. soda, compared to a 20 oz. soda at Costco.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Irish immigrant James Mullen triumphed, with 13 franks, and an annual tradition was born.
    — Marisa Iati, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
  • This frank looked as if it had been sat on before being served.
    — cleveland, 19 July 2022
  • The brand’s new recipe for hot dogs represents the first change to Oscar Mayer’s franks in six years.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 17 May 2023
  • At the Wiener’s Circle, a Chicago-style vegetable dog means all of the toppings and condiments in a bun, with no frank.
    — New York Times, 21 July 2022
  • And of course one of those Ball Park franks was jutting out of his hand at an unnatural angle.
    — Anthony Chin-Quee, Men's Health, 21 Apr. 2023
  • But unlike a long bath brine or marinade, the flavors of the binding agent don’t transfer as much, so your meat won’t end up tasting like a ballpark frank.
    — Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, 21 Sep. 2020
  • His Lincoln Logs is a butterflied frank layered with cream cheese, a version that sort of splits the difference between the classic sandwich and a Seattle dog.
    — Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The combo meal, which consists of two franks and a medium tropical drink for $6.95, remains a top-seller, accounting for at least half of overall sales, Rachael Gray said.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 3 May 2023
  • The Sam’s Club combo is similarly advertised — as a ¼-pound all-beef frank — but comes with a 30 oz. soda, compared to a 20 oz. soda at Costco.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Irish immigrant James Mullen triumphed, with 13 franks, and an annual tradition was born.
    — Marisa Iati, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
  • This frank looked as if it had been sat on before being served.
    — cleveland, 19 July 2022
  • The brand’s new recipe for hot dogs represents the first change to Oscar Mayer’s franks in six years.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 17 May 2023
  • At the Wiener’s Circle, a Chicago-style vegetable dog means all of the toppings and condiments in a bun, with no frank.
    — New York Times, 21 July 2022
  • And of course one of those Ball Park franks was jutting out of his hand at an unnatural angle.
    — Anthony Chin-Quee, Men's Health, 21 Apr. 2023
  • But unlike a long bath brine or marinade, the flavors of the binding agent don’t transfer as much, so your meat won’t end up tasting like a ballpark frank.
    — Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, 21 Sep. 2020
  • His Lincoln Logs is a butterflied frank layered with cream cheese, a version that sort of splits the difference between the classic sandwich and a Seattle dog.
    — Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The combo meal, which consists of two franks and a medium tropical drink for $6.95, remains a top-seller, accounting for at least half of overall sales, Rachael Gray said.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 3 May 2023
  • The Sam’s Club combo is similarly advertised — as a ¼-pound all-beef frank — but comes with a 30 oz. soda, compared to a 20 oz. soda at Costco.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Irish immigrant James Mullen triumphed, with 13 franks, and an annual tradition was born.
    — Marisa Iati, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
  • This frank looked as if it had been sat on before being served.
    — cleveland, 19 July 2022
  • The brand’s new recipe for hot dogs represents the first change to Oscar Mayer’s franks in six years.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 17 May 2023
  • At the Wiener’s Circle, a Chicago-style vegetable dog means all of the toppings and condiments in a bun, with no frank.
    — New York Times, 21 July 2022

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