Honor example sentences

Related (14): respect, dignity, integrity, esteem, prestige, reputation, glory, shame, dishonor, honorable, honored, honorific, accolade, tribute

"Honor" Example Sentences

  1. It's an honor to meet you after all these years.
  2. She felt it was her duty to honor her parents' wishes.
  3. The military ceremony was held to honor fallen soldiers.
  4. He couldn't honor the commitment he'd made last spring.
  5. Honestly, I'd be honored if you came to my wedding.
  6. They decided to honor the old tradition even though nobody else did.
  7. The bank will honor your check as long as you have funds.
  8. I want to honor what my grandmother built before she passed.
  9. — Do you think he'll honor the deal? — I doubt it.
  10. She's been trying to honor her promise, but it's getting harder.
  11. The restaurant hung a plaque to honor its founder.
  12. After months of betrayal, she felt she had no honor left.
  13. We should honor the people who came before us.
  14. — Will they honor the warranty? — They better.
  15. It was an honor serving alongside you all these years.
  16. He couldn't bring himself to honor the agreement anymore.
  17. The school decided to honor its best students at graduation.
  18. I'm exhausted from trying to honor everyone's expectations.
  19. Somewhere between the lies and the truth, he lost his honor.
  20. Why does nobody honor hard work anymore?
  21. The credit card company won't honor that charge.
  22. She'd been burned before and wasn't sure she could honor trust again.
  23. Honor among thieves — yeah, right.
  24. It's not the money she wanted — it was the honor.
  25. They honor their dead differently in that culture.
  26. Can we talk about how they failed to honor the agreement?
  27. The museum decided to honor women artists this year.
  28. He felt it was beneath him to honor such a request.
  29. She made a promise to honor her brother's memory.
  30. The company refused to honor the original price.
  31. Most people don't even know what honor means anymore.
  32. I can't honor that request — I'm sorry.
  33. They gathered to honor the anniversary of the tragedy.
  34. — You said you'd honor it. — I know what I said.
  35. It takes real strength to honor your word when nobody's watching.
  36. The government decided to honor the treaty after all.
  37. She understood that surviving meant learning to honor herself first.
  38. Why would they honor someone who betrayed them?
  39. He chose to honor his conscience over his career.
  40. The whole team wanted to honor their coach's retirement.

Common Phrases

  1. in honor of
  2. honor code
  3. honor system
  4. honor roll
  5. do honor to
  6. honor bound
  7. point of honor
  8. honor guard
  9. honor thy father and mother
  10. honor student
  11. honor society
  12. with honor
  13. restore one's honor

Examples by Level

A1
  1. It is an honor to meet you.
  2. My grandfather said honor is very important.
  3. She felt honor when she won the prize.
A2
  1. Getting into that school was a real honor for our family.
  2. He promised to honor his word, no matter what happened.
  3. It's an honor to work with such talented people every day.
B1
  1. Looking back, I realize that standing up for what was right was more important than protecting my honor.
  2. She felt torn between honoring her parents' wishes and following her own dreams.
  3. There's something old-fashioned about the way he talks about honor, but you have to respect it.
B2
  1. The ceremony was meant to honor those who'd been forgotten, though it felt somewhat performative in hindsight.
  2. He'd spent years trying to honor a promise made to someone who no longer remembered making it.
  3. What struck me most wasn't the award itself, but the quiet honor of being chosen by people whose work I genuinely admired.
C1
  1. The tension between personal ambition and collective honor has long been the central conflict of that culture.
  2. To honor the dead without romanticizing their suffering requires a kind of moral precision that most narratives lack.
  3. She approached the task with the understanding that to honor someone's legacy is often to complicate it, not simplify it.
C2
  1. There's a particular kind of grace in choosing to honor a commitment that no longer serves you, simply because you gave your word.
  2. The artist's refusal to honor commercial expectations became, paradoxically, the very thing that secured her place in the canon.
  3. What we call honor is often just the accumulated weight of small decisions made when no one was watching.

Examples by Scenario

🏠 Everyday Life
  1. My kid asked me if I'd honor my promise to take her to the park, and I'd completely forgotten I'd said that.
  2. The old man down the street still wears his military uniform on certain days — he says it's to honor his service.
  3. We decided to honor my grandmother's memory by making her famous recipe for Thanksgiving, even though none of us are great cooks.
💼 Workplace
  1. The company wanted to honor our departing manager with a party, but honestly most people just wanted to leave early.
  2. My boss asked me to honor the deadline, but the client kept changing the requirements every other day.
  3. We're trying to honor the original vision of the project, but the budget cuts have made that nearly impossible.
📊 Business
  1. The brand's decision to honor customer feedback and redesign the product paid off — sales jumped thirty percent.
  2. Our contract requires us to honor the agreed-upon price even if our costs increase, which is becoming a real problem.
  3. The startup wanted to honor its founding principles while scaling up, but those two goals turned out to be in direct conflict.
🛒 Buying / Shopping
  1. The store promised to honor the sale price if I brought in the ad, so I made sure I had it with me.
  2. I'm trying to honor my budget, but this jacket is exactly what I've been looking for and it's on sale.
  3. They wouldn't honor the coupon because it expired yesterday — I was literally one day late.
✈️ Travel
  1. The hotel said they'd honor our reservation even though we were arriving late, which was a relief.
  2. We wanted to honor the local customs while traveling, so we researched what was respectful before we arrived.
  3. The airline wouldn't honor our connecting flight because we missed the first leg, and we were stuck for twelve hours.
📚 Education
  1. The scholarship requires students to honor a commitment to volunteer work for at least two years after graduation.
  2. Our history teacher asked us to honor the experiences of people we were studying by reading primary sources, not just textbooks.
  3. The university decided to honor its most generous donors by naming buildings after them, which felt a bit transactional.
❤️ Relationships
  1. When he said he'd honor his vows, I believed him — right up until I didn't.
  2. She asked me to honor her privacy about the breakup, so I didn't tell anyone the real reason we split.
  3. We made a pact to honor each other's boundaries, and it's actually made our friendship stronger than it was before.
📰 News / Politics
  1. The government announced plans to honor fallen soldiers with a new memorial, though critics questioned the timing.
  2. Several politicians refused to honor the subpoena, citing executive privilege and setting off a constitutional debate.
  3. The city council voted to honor the activist's contributions by renaming the community center after her.
💻 Technology
  1. The app promised to honor your privacy settings, but the fine print revealed it was selling your data anyway.
  2. The software update broke compatibility with older devices, so the company wouldn't honor refunds for people who couldn't use it.
  3. The AI system was designed to honor user preferences, but it mostly just learned to tell people what they wanted to hear.
📝 Formal Writing
  1. The institution is committed to honor the principles of academic integrity across all research initiatives and publications.
  2. Regulations require financial institutions to honor withdrawal requests within specified timeframes, subject to applicable restrictions.
  3. This study was conducted to honor the memory of those affected by the disease and to advance evidence-based treatment protocols.

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