honor
Example Sentences
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House Speaker Mike Johnson has denied a request from the family of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson to allow him to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda following his death at age 84.
From Salon
"It was a great honor to be appointed by the Court as Interim United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia," Hundley said, in part, in a statement to the BBC.
From BBC
Witnessing what is probably an athletes greatest moment is both a thrill and an honor.
From Los Angeles Times
The donation was so large that the organization named its men’s campus in his honor.
The doctor is obligated to honor Evans’ desires.
From Salon
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