honorableness

Example Sentences

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But there was a central honorableness to this March Madness meeting, an all-in-ness by the principal actors, the coaches and players, that was restorative.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2019

But as this season exemplifies, that honorableness doesn’t always translate to narrative satisfaction, especially when coupled with other storytelling deficits.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2018

I loved his laugh, his handwriting, his steady gaze, his honorableness, his freckles, his appreciation of my jokes, his hands, his determination that I should know the worst of him.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

He obtained of them the command of an expedition whose destination was known to himself alone; assuring them of the honorableness and the success of the enterprise.

From Mosaics of Grecian History by Willson, Marcius

That's no use unless there is a certain inborn honorableness.

From The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Religion, a Dialogue, Etc. by Saunders, T. Bailey (Thomas Bailey)