pay homage
Example Sentences
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Ali Hamid drove from Chatsworth to pay homage to the man he described “as my mentor, my father figure, my everything.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
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
The kits will be inspired by iconic looks from the past and pay homage to each club's history and fan traditions.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
Another, entirely misbegotten, narrative thread relates the trip Mr. Enrigue took with his then-wife, the writer Valeria Luiselli, and their children to Arizona to pay homage to forgotten Apache warriors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
It was noble that the scythes saw fit to pay homage to the gleaned, but if they only had twelve hours to complete three months worth of business, she didn’t see the sense of it.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
