How to Use in honor of in a Sentence

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  • Ten months ago, Kellogg spun off its cereal business, naming the new company WK Kellogg in honor of its founder.
    Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The bride’s team wore Dodgers white and blue, the groom’s black and orange in honor of the Giants.
    Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The event is named in honor of the legendary jazz and swing music singer.
    John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The Killers have dropped a new single in honor of the holidays.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The day’s name is in honor of the date of Granger’s announcement and first appeared around 1903.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 12 June 2023
  • So, in honor of the end of the year, Vogue is looking back on 15 of Middleton’s best looks.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Make the most of the warm temps (and a blissfully work-free weekend) and take the family to the beach in honor of Dad.
    Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 13 May 2023
  • And in 1995, the name changed again to the Cuyahoga in honor of Ohio's winding Cuyahoga River.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 24 May 2023
  • And in 1995, the name changed again to the Cuyahoga in honor of Ohio's winding Cuyahoga River.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 24 May 2023
  • Mayor Will O’Neill, right, wears a t-shirt in honor of Carlson.
    Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 8 July 2024
  • The months and weeks leading up to a wedding are filled with celebrations in honor of the bride-to-be.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The museum acquired it in honor of the late Ben J. Fortson, who died in May.
    James Russell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 June 2024
  • The Academy throws a masquerade ball in honor of the rare Fairy Moon.
    Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024
  • This is just a labor of love in honor of my son and all the other children that have lost their lives to fentanyl.
    Jane Pauley, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Other clips showed off the present Madix gifted him in honor of his special day.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 9 May 2023
  • Metro Boomin is giving back to his hometown of St. Louis in honor of his late mother.
    Angel Diaz, Billboard, 21 May 2024
  • Many of the roughly 150 people there are wearing fuschia in honor of Code Pink, the anti-war group hosting the event.
    TIME, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Both McCarthy and Wahlberg posted tributes to the new grad in honor of the occasion.
    Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Malley and her husband Chip opened it about 18 months ago in honor of their late son Shane and Jan’s mother.
    Jolene Almendarez, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
  • Many of the demonstrators also wore red clothing in honor of the sacred heart.
    Chantz Martin, Fox News, 17 June 2023
  • On each seat was a pair of new Bose earbuds, a parting gift for guests in honor of Smith’s partnership with them.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 14 Feb. 2024
  • These are just a few of the things that Heidi Klum—the undisputed Queen of Halloween—has dressed up as in honor of the spooky holiday.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2023
  • On the website, people can sign up to do good deeds, or mitzvot, in honor of a member of the Israeli military.
    Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The street name is in honor of García’s Clics Modernos album which was launched 40 years ago.
    Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The league was named in honor of Jackie Robinson, whose jersey number was 42.
    Rebekah Riess, CNN, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Her fingernails were orange in honor of the fair’s colors this year.
    Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2023
  • Keep scrolling to see all of Missy Elliott’s best looks in honor of the legendary rapper’s birthday.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 1 July 2024
  • The goal is to reopen the hotel in 2026 in honor of its centennial, McWhinney has said.
    Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Services in honor of Valdez-Yeager will be Friday, Jan. 26, and will include a 10 a.m.
    Alejandra Molina, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Walt Disney’s middle name was Elias, given to him in honor of his father whose first name was Elias.
    Toketemu Ohwovoriole, Parents, 30 July 2024

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