honor
Example Sentences
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American leaders usually take that moment of deserved honor and gratitude to pay homage to the dead and wax poetic about the values and the ideals for which they died.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
In November, the couple made their relationship Instagram official when Aniston posted a black-and-white selfie of the two of them in honor of Curtis’ birthday.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Wohl is only the fourth woman to receive the honor.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
“Every year, one or two or three statues were erected. But they didn’t honor Lenin or Stalin. The statues were of Alexander I, of Peter the Great, of Catherine, of Nicholas I.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
In 1959 Corrie was part of a group that visited Ravensbruck, which was then in East Germany, to honor Betsie and the 96,000 other women who died there.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Vocabulary lists containing honor
Veterans Day Vocabulary
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A Graduation Lexicon
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"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling
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