HONOURABLE in a Sentence
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252 example sentences for HONOURABLE, such as:
1. There's honour among thieves.
2. A fair death honours the whole life.
3. Mrs Patrick Campbell was an honoured guest.
4. It is no honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove.
5. We buried the general with full military honours.
2. A fair death honours the whole life.
3. Mrs Patrick Campbell was an honoured guest.
4. It is no honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove.
5. We buried the general with full military honours.
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Meanings and Examples of HONOURABLE
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honourable
a. worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect
a. adhering to ethical and moral principles
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 I affirm he will meet fairly every honourable challenge.
2 To you four, sirs," replied the Knight, addressing those who had last spoken, "and to your honourable and valiant masters, I have one common reply.
3 Hear me, and I will tell thee of an enterprise, in which, if thou be'st really that which thou seemest, thou mayst take an honourable part.
4 I claim," said Athelstane, "an honourable imprisonment, with due care of my board and of my couch, as becomes my rank, and as is due to one who is in treaty for ransom.
5 The stranger must first show," said Malvoisin, "that he is good knight, and of honourable lineage.
6 After all, if she had money and means, and he had none, he should be too proud and honourable to hold back his tenderness from her on that account.
7 She had hoped that, to a man like her uncle, so discerning, so honourable, so good, the simple acknowledgment of settled dislike on her side would have been sufficient.
8 A poor honourable is no catch, and I cannot imagine any liking in the case, for take away his rants, and the poor baron has nothing.
9 Sir Walter, however, would choose his own means, and at last wrote a very fine letter of ample explanation, regret, and entreaty, to his right honourable cousin.
10 I have valued myself on honourable toils and just rewards.
11 And when he speaks of Irene Adler, or when he refers to her photograph, it is always under the honourable title of the woman.
12 She fled from America to avoid you, and she married an honourable gentleman in England.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
Context Highlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
13 I am convinced that his feelings are most deep and most honourable.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
Context Highlight In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
14 Having paid his debts, therefore, in the most honourable manner, he retreated with his daughter to the town of Lucerne, where he lived unknown and in wretchedness.
15 For this was it a glorious, for this was it an honourable undertaking.
Example Sentence: (42 in 3 pages)
1 I believe he was an honourable man, dedicated to the people and his union.
2 An honourable death is better than a disgraceful life.
3 This accusationof bribery is a vile smear on an honourable citizen.
4 With a few honourable exceptions, the staff were found to be incompetent.
5 A school has honoured one of its brightest and most promising former pupils.
6 Mrs Patrick Campbell was an honoured guest.
7 A fair death honours the whole life.
8 He has received many honours for his research into cancer.
9 A second-class honours degree is the minimum requirement.
10 We buried the general with full military honours.
11 Hollywood actor and UN special envoy Angelina Jolie is accorded one of the highest accolades granted by the British establishment as she is made an honorary dame in the Queen's birthday honours.
12 It is no honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove.
13 There's honour among thieves.
14 He will attend an outdoor concert in his honour in the centre of Paris.
15 I feel honour bound to attend because I promised I would.