How to Use honorarium in a Sentence

honorarium

noun
  • We are willing to offer a small honorarium that we hope you will accept for judging the competition.
  • For each work, the city will pay the artist a $500 honorarium.
    — Jon Arnold, Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2020
  • An honorarium is offered for services for which no price is expected or set.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Lim, will receive an honorarium and medal, and visit Longwood’s campus for a public event in the spring.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Reyes is the county’s eighth poet laureate and will receive a modest honorarium.
    — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The honorarium came as a shock to Rodriguez-Northcutt, who watched the show between filling orders.
    — Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2022
  • McCarthy refused to go on book tours, granted few interviews and turned down handsome honorariums on the lecture circuit.
    — Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
  • At the conclusion of the conference, the honorarium pool will be divided evenly across all presenters.
    — Paolo Gaudiano, Forbes, 7 June 2021
  • For example, during Dream Stream, guest creators are paid a small honorarium for their appearances.
    — Patricia Karounos, refinery29.com, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Pearson said PragerU paid his airfare to Los Angeles and gave him a modest honorarium for his work on the video.
    — al, 11 Sep. 2020
  • The three finalists chosen by the commission will each receive an honorarium of $1,000 for their work.
    — Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun, 15 Nov. 2024
  • The board also approved a $600 honorarium for the district Teacher of the Year.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2022
  • Fellows receive a $5,000 honorarium for their two-year commitment and meet several times a year.
    — Philly.com, 7 May 2018
  • The winning applicants will receive an honorarium of up to $1,500.
    — Rafael Guerrero, Elgin Courier-News, 11 June 2019
  • The nine other finalists receive a $1,000 honorarium, with a matching school grant.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2020
  • Children's book authors often support themselves by visiting schools, which pay for travel and provide an honorarium to speak with students, Gratz said.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 13 June 2024
  • Manning’s deal was to come for one day and to receive an honorarium of $1,000, according to a source familiar with the arrangement.
    — Fred Kaplan, Slate Magazine, 15 Sep. 2017
  • The nine other finalists will receive a $1,000 honorarium and matching grants.
    — Tyler Carter, Dallas News, 10 Dec. 2020
  • When an album is chosen, the artist receives a $250 honorarium, which also represents a licensing agreement for the library to post and share the music.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2022
  • The Clark County Arts Commission is working to acquire financial support such as a stipend, grant or honorarium.
    — oregonlive, 29 Dec. 2020
  • The poet laureate will receive an honorarium of $5,000 over the course of their term and poems will be published by the City in the form of a book that will be made available during public events.
    — Lawrence Specker | [email protected], al, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The work is being funded in part by a grant from the National Fund for Sacred Places, along with a special honorarium gift, LaBoy said.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The club gives honorariums to monthly speakers, a donation to the church for use of the space, as well as scholarships to women attending Portland Community College.
    — Samantha Swindler, OregonLive.com, 13 Dec. 2017
  • The laureate will receive a $20,000 honorarium and will also host literary workshops and produce two annual reports.
    — María Ramos Pacheco, Dallas Morning News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Each winner received a $10,000 honorarium and a Montblanc Meisterstück pen.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The recipient is selected by a committee of five biographers and includes a $3,000 cash honorarium.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
  • Le Guin said the 2022 jurors, who will each receive a small honorarium, were chosen for their professional or personal connections to Le Guin.
    — oregonlive, 21 Oct. 2021
  • This year, the eight finalists who don’t win will receive a $500 honorarium thanks to a donation by Eileen Clegg, a longtime supporter of the arts from Columbia, Baxter said.
    — Katie V. Jones, baltimoresun.com, 21 Aug. 2020
  • The position includes a $10,000 honorarium.
    — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Some of its most expensive fees were $100,000 on a producer’s honorarium, $45,000 on statues, and $10,000 on winners’ envelopes.
    — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 15 Mar. 2026

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