guest of honor
Example Sentences
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He accepted and made a short speech at the event, praising the guest of honor.
The guest of honor could not be persuaded.
From Los Angeles Times
The cake, it seemed, was upstaging the guest of honor.
From Los Angeles Times
At a dinner on Fifth Avenue where Churchill was the guest of honor, Mitchell, trying to maintain his usual bonhomie, stood up and offered a toast: βTo my fellow former millionaires.β
But it was only just a few days ago that Allen came under fire for virtually attending the Moscow Film Festival as a guest of honor.
From Los Angeles Times
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