HONOUR in a Sentence
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252 example sentences for HONOUR, such as:
1. Honour to whom honour is due.
2. There's honour among thieves.
3. Better die with honour than live with shame.
4. Better poor with honour than rich with shame.
5. I esteem it an honour to attend this meeting.
2. There's honour among thieves.
3. Better die with honour than live with shame.
4. Better poor with honour than rich with shame.
5. I esteem it an honour to attend this meeting.
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Meanings and Examples of HONOUR
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honour
n. a woman's virtue or chastity
v. show respect towards
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Among these men there was a stringent code of honour, any infringement of which was punished by death.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
2 "You do me too much honour," said Holmes, gravely.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
3 He had long nerved himself to the sacrifice, however, and the thought of the honour and happiness of his daughter outweighed any regret at his ruined fortunes.
4 Boxer refused to take even a day off work, and made it a point of honour not to let it be seen that he was in pain.
5 Napoleon himself appeared at the meeting on the following Sunday morning and pronounced a short oration in Boxer's honour.
6 And in a few days' time the pigs intended to hold a memorial banquet in Boxer's honour.
7 More, they never lost, even for an instant, their sense of honour and privilege in being members of Animal Farm.
8 There, round the long table, sat half a dozen farmers and half a dozen of the more eminent pigs, Napoleon himself occupying the seat of honour at the head of the table.
9 This farm which he had the honour to control, he added, was a co-operative enterprise.
10 I bind my honour to you that I am done with him in this world.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
Context Highlight In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
11 There was never a day when, if you had said to me, 'Jekyll, my life, my honour, my reason, depend upon you,' I would not have sacrificed my left hand to help you.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
12 Lanyon, my life, my honour my reason, are all at your mercy; if you fail me to-night I am lost.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
13 Dresses were made, jewellery was made, cakes and gloves were made, settlements were made, and an extensive assortment of Facts did appropriate honour to the contract.
14 There were some groans and hisses, but the general sense of honour was much too strong for the condemnation of a man unheard.
15 I have felt uneasy for the consequences of his being so involved, but I have kept these secrets until now, when I trust them to your honour.
Example Sentence: (42 in 3 pages)
1 It is no honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove.
2 There's honour among thieves.
3 He will attend an outdoor concert in his honour in the centre of Paris.
4 I feel honour bound to attend because I promised I would.
5 I esteem it an honour to attend this meeting.
6 To care for wisdom and truth and the improvement of the soul is far better than to seek money and honour and reputation.
7 Money is a bottomless sea, in which honour, conscience and truth may be drowned.
8 Honour to whom honour is due.
9 He who does not honour his wife, dishonours himself.
10 Better die with honour than live with shame.
11 Better poor with honour than rich with shame.
12 Learning is wealth to the poor, an honour to the rich, an aid to the young, and a support and comfort to the aged.
13 He called for a campaign of civil disobedience if the president did not honour the election results.
14 It was a rare honour to be made a fellow of the college.
15 It is better to die with honour than to live in infamy.