Honour means British, Canadian, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like honor or accept.
Honour in a sentence
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Honour meaning
British, Canadian, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
Example sentences (20)
A Coventry mum-of-two who was murdered in a so-called honour killing will be remembered at a special event next week.
Congratulations to all of the recipients of the Diocesan Medal of Honour and the Diocesan Citation of Merit for Youth.
Cllr Murray said: “It was an honour to be part of this tree planting ceremony held on the Mundy playing fields.
Erskine is unique, and as veterans caring for veterans, there is no greater honour than to care for our heroes.
Behind Charles, his grandson Prince George, one of the pages of honour, was again holding a corner of his trailing robe.
Bharat said: “It is an honour and privilege to be named pastry chef of the year 2023 by the British Culinary Federation.
Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest honour in the field of cinema curated by the Ministry of Information and Broadcast.
Both grandfather and grandson are keen cyclists - which is why Ben decided to honour his memory in this way.
Chris said he wanted to honour anything that fed the human spirit - poetry, art, literature, music, nature.
Even though Ukraine triumphed, Russia and Vladimir Putin’s invasion of the country meant that the honour had to be passed on.
Being a true artist, his recent painting, ‘Friends & Heroes’ was an honour of his favourite heroes that he portrayed on canvas.
Emma, pictured with her princess Lisa Davidson, 11, got the fabulous honour when she was chosen at Castlepark Community Centre.
Daly said: "It’s an honour to put on the (England) shirt whenever I can and I’ll play in any position.
A Shabbat table has been set up in David Peacut Square in Toronto in honour of the 240 kidnapped Israeli men, women and children.
Dr. Madeline Yvonne Tham, U Soso Tham’s great-grandniece, supported the idea of erecting a museum in honour of the poet laureate.
Calls have been made to honour long-serving Derby MP Margaret Beckett with the freedom of the city.
Email “'It's a very sad week for our family' - Lowry playing in uncle's honour after sudden death”.
Alongside Hollywood legend Kate Winslet, the Indian diva will honour women in film at Cannes 2023.
Charles has asked that Greek Orthodox music be included at his coronation in honour of his father.
Debs and partners were presented to the mayor and matron of honour, then danced the Oxford waltz.
Common combinations with honour
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- honour of 39×
- in honour 32×
- an honour 29×
- to honour 28×
- honour to 24×
- of honour 21×
- honour and 20×
- the honour 12×
- honour the 11×
- her honour 10×
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About these examples
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