HOMAGE in a Sentence

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23 example sentences for HOMAGE, such as:

1. My homage to Miss Wickfield, is a flight of arrows in my bosom.
2. My young heart had no room in its homage for any such poor reference.
3. He was usually called Old Stephen, in a kind of rough homage to the fact.
4. I had a theoretical reverence and homage for beauty, elegance, gallantry, fascination.
5. That kind of homage may strengthen the resolve of the majority in the Golden State and turn aside the narrow vote of the people.

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 Meanings and Examples of HOMAGE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
homage
 n.  special honor or respect shown or expressed publicly; tribute
Classic Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1  He was usually called Old Stephen, in a kind of rough homage to the fact.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X
2  The light porter placed the tea-tray on it, knuckling his forehead as a form of homage.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I
3  Upon this occasion the Irish chieftains contended which should first offer to the young Prince their loyal homage and the kiss of peace.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
4  Athelstane, it is true, was vain enough, and loved to have his ears tickled with tales of his high descent, and of his right by inheritance to homage and sovereignty.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
5  But his petty vanity was sufficiently gratified by receiving this homage at the hands of his immediate attendants, and of the Saxons who approached him.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
6  A flush of colour sprang to Holmes's pale cheeks, and he bowed to us like the master dramatist who receives the homage of his audience.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
7  This was not a very ceremonious way of rendering homage to a patron saint, but I believe Old Clem stood in that relation towards smiths.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII
8  And yet, wretched cripple as I made myself by this act of homage to Dora, I walked miles upon miles daily in the hope of seeing her.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26. I FALL INTO CAPTIVITY
9  Affection,' said Miss Lavinia, glancing at her sister for corroboration, which she gave in the form of a little nod to every clause, 'mature affection, homage, devotion, does not easily express itself.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 41. DORA'S AUNTS
10  My young heart had no room in its homage for any such poor reference.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 45. MR. DICK FULFILS MY AUNT'S PREDICTIONS
11  My homage to Miss Wickfield, is a flight of arrows in my bosom.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 49. I AM INVOLVED IN MYSTERY
12  On, on we flew; and our offing gained, the Moss did homage to the blast; ducked and dived her bows as a slave before the Sultan.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13. Wheelbarrow.
13  The sailors, mostly poor devils, cringed, and some of them fawned before him; in obedience to his instructions, sometimes rendering him personal homage, as to a god.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 71. The Jeroboam's Story.
14  Take the homage of these poor eyes, and shutter-hands.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 119. The Candles.
15  He was just proud enough to demand the most debasing homage of the slave, and quite servile enough to crouch, himself, at the feet of the master.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence:
1  That kind of homage may strengthen the resolve of the majority in the Golden State and turn aside the narrow vote of the people.
2  I had a theoretical reverence and homage for beauty, elegance, gallantry, fascination.