homage

Example Sentences

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It paid homage to a nurse’s steady hands, to a mother’s prayer beads slipping through her fingers, and to a belief that our stories do not end at the point of collapse.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

And I think it’s really important to pay homage.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Dries van Noten's Julian Klausner paid homage to the 1990s/early noughties with his maxi denim skirts with the must-have high split.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Coming on the heels of the Grammy Award-winning “Harry’s House,” “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally” is an experimental tour-de-force, a pop smorgasbord that is part homage, part electronica and part bacchanalia.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

With the singing of this song the trip began, tradition was paid its due homage, the rites of odyssey fulfilled.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy