HONORABLE in a Sentence

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If he is an honorable man he should either declare his intentions or cease seeing you; and if you won't do this, I will.

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 Meanings and Examples of HONORABLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
honorable
 a.  deserving of esteem and respect
 a.  adhering to ethical and moral principles
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  "He's a gentleman," said Rhett, and Scarlett wondered how it was possible to convey such cynicism and contempt in that one honorable word.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
2  Now, quiet your ruffled feathers and overlook my boorish remarks about the proud and honorable Ashley.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
3  However, I admired him and tried to copy him far more than I ever did my father, for Father is an amiable gentleman full of honorable habits and pious saws--so you see how it goes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
4  Yes, I have silently hungered and thirsted for you and worshipped you from afar; but being an honorable man, like Mr. Ashley Wilkes, I have concealed it from you.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
5  Ashley was so honorable, so truthful, so kind and he saw so straightly, so clearly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
6  I know he is honorable and a gentleman.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIV
7  Then, as an afterthought, he added: "The honorable Ashley was over here last night."
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVII
8  There had come to Scully a proposition to nominate a certain rich brewer who lived upon a swell boulevard that skirted the district, and who coveted the big badge and the "honorable" of an alderman.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25
9  You'll know, already, Major Heyward, that my family was both ancient and honorable," commenced the Scotsman; "though it might not altogether be endowed with that amount of wealth that should correspond with its degree.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16
10  To his most honorable, illustrious financial Excellency, from the merchant Abdulin.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT IV
11  It's a shame for a soldier to steal; a soldier must be honest, honorable, and brave, but if he robs his fellows there is no honor in him, he's a scoundrel.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XV
12  You know, Count, it is much more honorable to admit one's mistake than to let matters become irreparable.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER IV
13  Throughout the whole province "Uncle" had the reputation of being the most honorable and disinterested of cranks.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII
14  If he is an honorable man he should either declare his intentions or cease seeing you; and if you won't do this, I will.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XV
15  I'll fetch a piece of cloth at once for such an honorable gentleman, or even two pieces with pleasure.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXI
Example Sentence: (24 in 2 pages)
1  An honorable Chinese citizen should be jealous of his own rights.
2  She is living proof that a Democrat can be an honorable attorney general in a scandal-prone Democratic administration.
3  This accusation of bribery is a vile smear on an honorable citizen.
4  We have due cause to honor them.
5  They held a state funeral in honor of the statesman.
6  Instead of delivering a spoken eulogy at Genny's memorial service, Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.
7  I honor endurance, perseverance, industry, talent; because these are the means by which men achieve great ends and mount to lofty eminence.
8  Our mirth is then indeed an ornament to us when we serve God and honor him with it.
9  A memorial honor plaque is to be installed in the school with the names of those students who have given their lives for their country.
10  It is an honor to publish this extraordinary book.
11  When he approached the dais, he was greeted by cheers from the people who had come to honor him.
12  During Paul's lifetime two thousand years ago, the site where the mosque now stands was occupied by a Roman temple built to honor Jupiter.
13  They ran up a flag in honor of the president's visit.
14  The Chinese make a point of their personal honor.
15  I consider it a great honor.