How to Use honor guard in a Sentence

honor guard

noun
  • The wind lifted and furled the flag as the honor guard left the funeral home.
    John Kuntz, cleveland, 26 Dec. 2019
  • The woman’s wails could be heard as the honor guard gently closed the doors.
    Mariam Khan, ABC News, 11 Feb. 2020
  • The colors of the flag and honor guard will be posted, and retrieved.
    Gregory Harutunian, chicagotribune.com, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Camp Pendleton Young Marines will serve as the honor guard.
    Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 May 2018
  • Kober is part of the honor guard, which took part in the event’s ceremony.
    Dallas News, 4 July 2022
  • The Navy will conduct the burial with an honor guard and bugler.
    Matt McKinney, Star Tribune, 8 July 2021
  • The parade will include bands, floats, honor guards, ROTC units and more.
    orlandosentinel.com, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Then suddenly, the honor guard switched to the goose step, but only for short time, less than a dozen paces.
    Brad Lendon, CNN, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The parade would start and end with the city police, an honor guard up front, a cruiser bringing up the rear.
    Anchorage Daily News, 23 Nov. 2021
  • The Olathe police honor guard was also on hand to greet Army Reserve 1st Sgt.
    Matt Campbell, kansascity, 25 Sep. 2017
  • An honor guard of young soldiers, standing erect with pale, strained faces.
    Timothy Garton Ash, The New York Review of Books, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Xi kicked off his four-day trip Tuesday with a state visit and was received with an honor guard and a 21-gun salute.
    David Pierson, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The honor guard, a lone soldier, solemnly walks down the chapel's center aisle, stands at attention at the head of the casket — and salutes.
    Fox News, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Officer Inn was hired in 2015 & was a member of our honor guard.
    Lauren Hernández, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2021
  • An honor guard of cadets carried the coffin into the garden.
    New York Times, 16 Jan. 2022
  • Cousins who in some cases had not seen one another in years watched as an honor guard fired a 21-gun salute.
    New York Times, 11 June 2022
  • Six members of an Air Force honor guard marched in unison toward the plane and then carried the coffin.
    Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2019
  • The sheriff was flanked by an honor guard as American flags were placed in the hands of their relatives.
    NBC News, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The mass began with a bagpiper leading honor guards down the center aisle of the towering church.
    Jesse Leavenworth, Courant Community, 10 Sep. 2017
  • Xi shook hands with the prince as an honor guard on horseback carried Saudi and Chinese flags.
    Jon Gambrell, ajc, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The Army will send an honor guard and conduct a full military service.
    Steve Rubenstein, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Duncan had spent nearly two decades with the state police, working in training, on the SWAT team and as part of the agency's honor guard.
    Rebecca Woolington, OregonLive.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Spoehr recalled an honor guard lining the east side of the Capitol steps for the Obama-Trump transition.
    Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner, 20 Jan. 2021
  • The photos showed the honor guard waiting for and then carrying the casket, while the ground crew stood at attention.
    Kendall Trammell, CNN, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The ceremony was replete with pomp: An honor guard marched ahead of Mr. Putin.
    Anton Troianovski Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 7 May 2024
  • Thankfully for one honor guard member in Texas last week, a 10-year-old boy was looking out for him.
    Doug Criss and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN, 8 July 2019
  • The strains of a bagpipe accompanied the entry of a uniformed honor guard.
    David Montgomery, Star Tribune, 5 Oct. 2020
  • This year the event is set for 11 a.m. Saturday, and will feature an honor guard, color guard, 21-rifle salute and the playing of taps.
    Mike Danahey, Elgin Courier-News, 24 May 2018
  • Ushakov said Monday that Putin’s North Korea visit would include one-on-one talks, a state reception, an honor guard and a statement to the media.
    Stella Kim, NBC News, 18 June 2024
  • When the honor guard was dismissed, marking the end of the event, Lucas greeted several officers and shook hands with the bugle player.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2024

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