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How to use honor in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb, interjection

Honor means recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful). Example: “The crowds gave the returning general much honor and praise.”

Examples of honor by meaning

nounRecognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful).

  • The crowds gave the returning general much honor and praise.

nounThe state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception...

  • He was a most perfect knight, for he had great honor and chivalry.
  • His honor was unstained.

nounA token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by...

  • Honors are normally awarded twice a year: on The Queen's Birthday in June and at the New Year.
  • He wore an honor on his breast.
  • military honors; civil honors

nounA privilege (which honors the person experiencing it).

  • I had the honour of dining with the ambassador.

nounA cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament.

  • He is an honour to his nation.

verbTo think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of.

  • The freedom fighters will be forever remembered and honored by the people.

verbTo conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, treaty, promise, request, or the like).

  • I trusted you, but you have not honored your promise.
  • Our wishes were honored by changing the date of the wedding.
  • Some application software does not honor the theme colors chosen in the operating system settings.

verbTo confer (bestow) an honour or privilege upon (someone).

  • Ten members of the profession were honored at the ceremony.
  • The prince honored me with an invitation to his birthday banquet.

More sentences with honor

  • Even at the duel, standing 10 paces apart, he could have satisfied Aaron’s honor.From the entry pace
  • I was honored to caddy for Tiger Woods at a charity golf game.From the entry caddy
  • This, your honor, is my prayer; that all here be set free.From the entry prayer
  • We honor veterans and senior citizens with a ten percent discount.From the entry veteran
  • Your honor, my client is not required to answer that; her response is protected by attorney-client privilege.From the entry privilege
  • May I inquire to whom I have the honor of speaking?From the entry inquire
  • D+ was my final grade in honors algebra 2, so I passed.From the entry D+
  • She arrived at the chapel for her marriage with unstained honor.From the entry unstained
  • In Classical mythology, being stellified was about the greatest posthumous honor for a mortal.From the entry stellify
  • The astronauts were honored with a ticker tape parade when they returned to Earth.From the entry ticker-tape parade
  • I took him to be a person of honor.From the entry take
  • The villagers built a funeral pyre to honor their dead.From the entry pyre
  • Are you sure they'll honor their end of the deal?From the entry end
  • Stand quietly while the honor guard runs the flag up.From the entry run up
  • She wore a shamrock in honor of her Irish ancestry.From the entry shamrock
  • I will do that for you, Scout's honor.From the entry scout's honor
  • You are on your honor to behave well.From the entry on one's honor
  • The ushers threw the woman out of the auditorium, because she kept shouting out insults to the guest of honor when he made his speech.From the entry throw out
  • I'm taking honors math this year.From the entry honors
  • My son is an honors student.From the entry honors
  • "The big league athlete had the dubious honor of being voted 'Most Difficult to Interview' by the sportswriters." An ironic honor, so to speak.From the entry dubious honor
  • Thou servest with honor and grace.From the entry servest
  • Our college seldom honors nonfootball athletes.From the entry nonfootball
  • Rickert was the first woman (and second individual) to be awarded a Ph.D. in English letters and philology with that academic honor at the University of Chicago.From the entry letters
  • Our local beekeeper leaves jars of honey for sale in his driveway. There's a coffee can for the money, and payment is on the honor system.From the entry honor system
  • "I have the dubious honor of being in charge of fundraising for roof repair on the town youth gymnasium." Meaning, it's an honor to be tasked yet something unwanted.From the entry dubious honor

Meaning of honor

  1. noun Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful).
  2. noun The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity.
  3. noun A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen.

Full definition of honor

Questions about honor in a sentence

How do you use honor in a sentence?
Honor is used as a noun, verb and interjection. For example: “The crowds gave the returning general much honor and praise.”
What is a short sentence with honor?
“His honor was unstained.”
What does honor mean?
Honor means recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful).

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: honor (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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