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

She must have found there an unquestionable assurance of the honorableness of their owner, for she permitted him to lay his palm upon her forehead and feel her pulse.

From Son of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

The electoral circular you added to it gives me real satisfaction, and I am pleased at the public evidence that has been attained of your "honorableness, firmness of character and great capability."

From Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 2 from Rome to the End by Bache, Constance