How to Use honor system in a Sentence

honor system

noun
  • Customers are on the honor system to pay for any software they choose to purchase.
  • Skis and boots are even loaned out for free via an honor system.
    — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Many of these tests rely on the honor system—mask up and stay home.
    — Brenda Stolyar, Wired, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The weight limit is on the honor system; there is no weigh-in.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Most, if not all, of the apps are expected to use an honor system.
    — New York Times, 21 May 2021
  • Because any of them would have pointed out that the honor system would not have worked.
    — Kk Ottesen, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Aug. 2021
  • One challenge for a Latin honors system is that the high schools don’t all grade the same way.
    — Josh Verges, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2019
  • People can borrow books on the honor system or leave them for others.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2021
  • The honor system has not worked for members of the Roberts Court.
    — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The Lynx is something of an honor system in that there is no turnstile to walk through.
    — Steve Harrison, charlotteobserver, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Sites such as that of the Times, on the other hand, must rely on the honor system.
    — David Pogue, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2017
  • Rather, what would happen if everyone were on the honor system?
    — Kyle Whitmire, al, 2 July 2020
  • Officials said there would be life jackets at both places available for use on the honor system.
    — oregonlive, 29 May 2020
  • The framework aimed at keeping condos safe is based largely on the honor system.
    — David Lyons, sun-sentinel.com, 26 June 2021
  • Most resorts ask guests to fill out simple health questionnaires based on the honor system.
    — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Instead, there’s an honor system, with players calling their own fouls.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Each campus decided whether to use an honor system or, if not, how the devices would be stored or locked up.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Abiding by the safety guidelines is a matter of the honor system.
    — Jonathan Lemire and Darlene Superville, Star Tribune, 22 May 2021
  • Instead, there’s an honor system — just take a drink, leave a donation and soak up the relics of a bygone era.
    — Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Please use the honor system and only take one bag per family so others can enjoy the seeds, too.
    — cleveland, 10 Apr. 2022
  • The Honor Code can’t run on the honor system anymore.
    — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
  • Many are willing to take advantage of the honor system that surrounds the use of service dogs.
    — Mark Davis, kansascity, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Public health officials have admitted that the honor system will play a large role in the new rules.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 16 May 2021
  • The Boston Globe reports that customers could pay on the honor system at her farm stand.
    — USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Drum outs have long been a key component of VMI’s honor system.
    — Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Ærø is the kind of island where baskets of strawberries sit in front of farmhouses — for sale on the honor system.
    — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2023
  • But Chelberg says the approach is not merely the honor system, either.
    — Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Collectors would agree on trades and send each other tapes in the mail with the entire process protected by the honor system.
    — John Morrison, SPIN, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Like many rural farm stands, the Rigdons' operates on the honor system.
    — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 3 Nov. 2020
  • There’s no restaurant open during the rest of the day, but teas, cocktails, and snacks are available throughout the day on the honor system.
    — Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022

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