How to use favor in a sentence
40 example sentences · noun, verb
Favor means a kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone). Example: “He did me a favor when he took the time to drive me home.”
Examples of favor by meaning
nounA kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).
- He did me a favor when he took the time to drive me home.
nounGoodwill; benevolent regard.
- She enjoyed the queen's favor.
- to fall out of favor
- They will do anything for her favor.2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2
nounA small gift; a party favor.
- At the holiday dinner, the hosts had set a favor by each place setting.
- A marriage favour is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding.
nounAnything worn publicly as a pledge of a woman's favor.
- James probably saw the family treasures, which included a little pair of gloves embroidered with pearls and the device of a lion, a lady's favour, said to have been taken from Harry Hotspur before the battle of Otterburn in 1388.1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 13
nounA ribbon or similar small item that is worn as an adornment, especially in celebration of an event.
- Since the good news young folk—and old, too, for that matter—bedeck themselves with favors.1900, “From Abroad”, in The International, volume 8, page 415
- The lovelock was thereafter called a cadcnettc and the ribbon bowknots, favors.2013, R. Turner Wilcox, The Mode in Hats and Headdress, page 109
verbTo do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward.
- Would you favor us with a poetry reading?
verbTo resemble; especially, to look like (another person).
- But you favor your ma in your eyes and mouth.1915, L. M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island
- ‘Mandy?’ he said, and stared at the girl. ‘Don't favor her too much.’ ‘Favors her dad,’ Latha said, and looked at him.1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug
- The scent of sweet peas, for instance, does indeed favor that of wisteria.1989, Rayford Clayton Reddell, Robert Galyean, Growing Fragrant Plants, page 13
verbTo treat or use (something) gently.
- I always try to favor my bad knee.
More sentences with favor
- He was of noble birth, but fortune had not favored him.From the entry birth
- The assassin liked to make a clean kill, and thus favored small arms over explosives.From the entry kill
- After his fall from the emperor's favor, the general was posted to a remote outpost.From the entry remote
- When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal.From the entry sound
- The criteria governing the choice of candidate were heavily weighted in his favor.From the entry weight
- The Senator claims to be laissez faire, but he voted in favor of the subsidies.From the entry laissez faire
- A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.From the entry fix
- The vote is 4 in favor and 20 opposed; the nays have it.From the entry nay
- Their favorite method was bludgeoning us with the same old arguments in favor of their opinions.From the entry bludgeon
- He fell out of favor with the boxing fancy after the incident.From the entry fancy
- The merits of the case favored the plaintiffs, but their procedural blunders set them back.From the entry merits
- Favoritism tends to excite jealousy in the ones not being favored.From the entry excite
- The project was sidetracked in favor of a more popular program.From the entry sidetrack
- I'd say the odds are strongly in favor of the sun rising tomorrow morning.From the entry odds
- The group tends to slant its policies in favor of the big businesses it serves.From the entry slant
- I've got to beat the rush. Do me a favor and clock me out.From the entry clock out
- She turned her position around and now she is in favor of the merger.From the entry turn around
- Spanish-language education is not favored by assimilationist parents of Latino children in the US.From the entry assimilationist
- He endorsed the note in favor of his uncle who had lent them the money.From the entry in favor of
- He left school after just three years in favor of a professional sports career.From the entry in favor of
- Many of those who had been out of favor were now in favor.From the entry in favor
- He understood in his bones that the odds were not in his favor.From the entry in one's bones
- The controlling party had apportioned the voting districts such that their party would be favored in the next election.From the entry apportion
- American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution.From the entry construction
- You had come out in favor of the French Revolution.From the entry come out
- The news report was slanted in favor of the nationalists.From the entry slanted
Meaning of favor
- noun A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).
- noun Goodwill; benevolent regard.
- noun A small gift; a party favor.
Questions about favor in a sentence
- How do you use favor in a sentence?
- Favor is used as a noun and verb. For example: “He did me a favor when he took the time to drive me home.”
- What is a short sentence with favor?
- “She enjoyed the queen's favor.”
- What does favor mean?
- Favor means a kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: favor (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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