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
The plays were quite different, but the winners shared a very specific honor: the night marked the third Tony win for each actor.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
That failure, occurring on the very day New York luminaries were holding a banquet in Field’s honor, might have convinced many entrepreneurs to try a different line of business.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
And that’s how I became one of the fortunate handful of people with the honor of creating the foundations for America’s path into space.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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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