How to Use homage in a Sentence

homage

noun

• The book is a deeply personal homage to her favorite city.
• Each paid homage to the genre and put new twists on it.
  — Emily Gaudette, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2018
• The first two pay homage to the horror films of the eras in which they’re set.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2021
• And the main maze pays homage to the Monarch butterfly.
  — Melanie Savage, courant.com, 28 Sep. 2020
• Sure, the Brewers — and Miller Park — pay homage to beer.
  — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2019
• And many of them pay homage with their work to the women who raised them.
  — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2021
• Pay homage to the epic 2011 draft class before it's gone.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2019
• The home's name was an homage to Swift's wife, Hortense.
  — Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2023
• Jeymes Samuel pays homage to the rich legacy of the Black cowboy.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 8 Nov. 2021
• The color is thought to be an homage to yes, the yellow brick road.
  — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 23 May 2021
• Many of the public spaces pay homage to the building’s past.
  — Erik Maza, Town & Country, 29 July 2022
• He was dressed all in black — an homage to Johnny Cash.
  — Ben Terris, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
• The Pimmex name pays homage to both sides of Muñoz’ heritage.
  — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2021
• Scherzinger’s version was likely a homage — and a sweet one.
  — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2021
• But that wasn't Meghan's only style homage to the people's princess.
  — Lyndsey Matthews, Good Housekeeping, 12 Mar. 2018
• That was an homage to Lino and my late husband who loved corn dogs.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2022
• For both, the tattoo is an homage to their birth country.
  — Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2021
• This was a sad but well-intentioned homage to one of the best eating streets in the city.
  — Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2021
• The bar is dipped in dark chocolate to pay homage to the dark-lighting ambiance and dark woods of dives.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2022
• The new shoe is an homage to Reebok’s Premier Running line.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 17 Nov. 2023
• And there are indeed a few homages to the great decorators of the movie’s era.
  — Julia Reed, ELLE Decor, 21 Mar. 2023
• At the Eras Tour, Swifties paid homage with sparkles, bright colors, and friendship bracelets.
  — TIME, 17 Oct. 2023
• My red curry is an homage to my dad, who learned it from his mom.
  — Parnass Savang, Bon Appétit, 30 Sep. 2020
• Having the chance to sit with him, listen and pay homage was such an honor.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2021
• Pink and green with itty-bitty black seeds, this nail art pays homage to the fruit of the season.
  — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 30 June 2020
• Berkeley, a philosopher in images, is easy to pay homage to but very hard to add to.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2019
• Anderson pays homage by sticking to the script word for word.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2023
• The name of the mall is an homage to the Sandler family grandparents.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 25 Aug. 2023
• The look was a direct homage to the 1977 SuperStar Barbie doll.
  — Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2024
• His sanctity was so great that even creatures of the sea would pay him homage.
  — Anna Della Subin, The New York Review of Books, 11 May 2021

Last Updated: 9 May 2024