How to Use honorable in a Sentence

honorable

adjective
Definition of honorablenext
Synonyms for honorablenext
  • It is not honorable of you to behave like that.
  • They are trying to find an honorable way out of this dispute.
  • He received an honorable discharge from the army.
  • The college has a long and honorable history.
  • He assured her that his intentions were honorable.
  • The honorable move at that point would have been to step down.
    — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Now, Woods is seen as the more honorable of the two, the hero risen from the ashes of his bad decisions.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 18 May 2022
  • Here are ten of my favorites for 2022, with a hearty list of honorable mentions at the end.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Those games are just honorable mentions, however, when stacked against the best of the best.
    — The Courier-Journal, 27 Dec. 2022
  • When the honorable certificate arrived, Nichols tore it up and threw it in a trash can.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The dominant narrative in the British press in the run-up to the handover in 1997 was one of an honorable retreat.
    — Louisa Lim, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Clem, the oldest child, is an honorable son who would make any parent proud.
    — Joan Gaylord, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2021
  • The honorable Rudy Giuliani has worked 24/7 on the voter fraud issues.
    — New York Times, 20 Aug. 2022
  • To turn it all down and do the right thing makes a really honorable character.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2022
  • If drafted, one served and did so in an honorable fashion.
    — Annie Lane, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2022
  • In all, The Times was honored with six first place awards, four second place awards, six third place awards and two honorable mentions.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2022
  • By this point the honorable gentlemen had risen abruptly from their seats and had to be gaveled back into them.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
  • But if that man is a dog-loving, flute-playing, honorable hunk, and he's got dimples?
    — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 28 May 2023
  • That era wasn’t the most honorable for the spy outfit, as Carter’s framing device recounts.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2023
  • In the spirit of family ties, here are the top 10 sons of NBA players in the league today, along with some honorable mentions.
    — Toyloy Brown Iii, USA TODAY, 29 June 2022
  • Images from the past have taken on a peculiar role in the present, one that feels at once honorable and voyeuristic.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2023
  • To be a writer of genre fiction is to belong to something akin to an honorable medieval guild.
    — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
  • But what Kelce has done here is purposeful and honorable.
    — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
  • But dying for a just cause has an honorable place in history.
    — From Cnn Opinion, CNN, 12 Aug. 2022
  • That afternoon, gets me in that honorable Mercedes Benz, and takes me on a little drive to Coney Island.
    — Sarah Grant, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Read more about the winners and honorable mentions below.
    — Katie Reul, Variety, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Here's a look at the teams and honorable mentions, with Milwaukee-area honorees are listed in bold.
    — Michael Whitlow, Journal Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Only enter the ring if your facts are straight and your intentions are honorable.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Then again, if Santos was interested in doing the honorable thing, he would not have been elected in the first place.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 5 Jan. 2023
  • All rise for the semi-honorable judge Fluster N. Bluster.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 May 2022

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