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
• The knights, those honorable gents, always tell the truth.
  — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2018
• Now, Woods is seen as the more honorable of the two, the hero risen from the ashes of his bad decisions.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 18 May 2022
• The more honorable disclaimer would be to not write the article in the first place.
  — Gilad Edelman, Wired, 11 Nov. 2020
• Here are ten of my favorites for 2022, with a hearty list of honorable mentions at the end.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 2 Dec. 2022
• 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
• Robert Mueller is an honorable man, as Marc Antony might have put it.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 29 May 2019
• 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
• Hagar said the tough call to press permanent pause on the road was honorable, and rare.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Aug. 2024
• Those games are just honorable mentions, however, when stacked against the best of the best.
  — The Courier-Journal, 27 Dec. 2022
• 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
• The dominant narrative in the British press in the run-up to the handover in 1997 was one of an honorable retreat.
  — Louisa Lim, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
• Our tersely honorable hero and the sneaky, combustible Ross share a thorny past.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Feb. 2025
• The Giants are in the process of replacing an honorable man, Bruce Bochy.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 22 Oct. 2019
• Thank you to the Marshalls stores for such an honorable gesture.
  — Kalin Kipling, sacbee, 3 Nov. 2017
• Manley served with the Marines for four years but received a less-than-honorable discharge, the judge said.
  — Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Oct. 2021
• Brienne of Tarth The most honorable knight in Westeros doesn't have a bad bone in her body.
  — Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
• Clem, the oldest child, is an honorable son who would make any parent proud.
  — Joan Gaylord, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2021
• The honorable Rudy Giuliani has worked 24/7 on the voter fraud issues.
  — New York Times, 20 Aug. 2022
• Those were the good, honorable and faithful Muslims, the righteous among the nations.
  — Joseph Samuels, WSJ, 28 May 2021
• So here are my Top 10, along with a few honorable mentions, as well as a Bottom 5.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2020
• To achieve that, our children must be led by honorable and moral leaders.
  — oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2021
• Again, Ed made a very honorable move here but honor gets you nothing in this game.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2021
• Human rights lawyer Darcy was killed by a landmine in Sudan while negotiating the release of aid workers — an honorable way to go.
  — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 12 Feb. 2025