How to Use honorable in a Sentence

honorable

adjective
  • 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
  • That would be the honest, fair and honorable thing to do.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Biden is an honorable man who put the needs of the country over himself.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
  • Along with us are thousands of honorable and free people around the world.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2025
  • To achieve that, our children must be led by honorable and moral leaders.
    — oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Clem, the oldest child, is an honorable son who would make any parent proud.
    — Joan Gaylord, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2021
  • This rightwing focus has been couched in the honorable defense of free speech and free thought.
    — David S. Cohen, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2021
  • But while some of the items on this list are no doubt honorable, a few seem glaringly out of place.
    — Maurie Backman, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2017
  • So the idea of wearing a uniform got stuck in my mind as something honorable.
    — Emily Spivack, The Cut, 1 Oct. 2017
  • The people in Japan are so honorable.
    — Matt Bomer, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The more honorable disclaimer would be to not write the article in the first place.
    — Gilad Edelman, Wired, 11 Nov. 2020
  • My parents worked honorable blue-collar jobs and built a life for my siblings and me.
    — Sonam Sheth gabe Whisnant billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
  • Hagar said the tough call to press permanent pause on the road was honorable, and rare.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Robert Mueller is an honorable man, as Marc Antony might have put it.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 29 May 2019
  • Again, Ed made a very honorable move here but honor gets you nothing in this game.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Thank you to the Marshalls stores for such an honorable gesture.
    — Kalin Kipling, sacbee, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Our tersely honorable hero and the sneaky, combustible Ross share a thorny past.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Those games are just honorable mentions, however, when stacked against the best of the best.
    — The Courier-Journal, 27 Dec. 2022
  • But if that man is a dog-loving, flute-playing, honorable hunk, and he's got dimples?
    — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 28 May 2023
  • Take the cake out of the equation and address his actions, which, on that day, were less than honorable.
    — Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • To turn it all down and do the right thing makes a really honorable character.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2022
  • That is an honorable role, and she may well be vindicated in the fullness of time.
    — Rich Lowry, National Review, 21 May 2021
  • This person has brought shame and disgrace to the badge and to an honorable profession.
    — Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • 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

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