How to Use in honor of in a Sentence

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• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• 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
• Other clips showed off the present Madix gifted him in honor of his special day.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 9 May 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Over the weekend, the streaming service added a tribute card that appears at the start of each season in honor of Perry.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 Oct. 2023
• The office is dark except for our twinkling string lights and some pink mood lighting (in honor of Barbie).
  — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 22 Sep. 2023
• The bill is named in honor of the pastor who was killed along with eight others in a predominantly Black church in Charleston in 2015.
  — Tim Craig, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
• But maybe his millions of fans can have a slice of carrot cake on July 27, and raise a glass in honor of one of Hollywood’s greatest stars.
  — Tim Gray, Variety, 27 July 2023
• Two sisters and a brother joined him in a jazz-folk group, the Descendants of Mike and Phoebe, named in honor of their enslaved ancestors.
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 25 May 2023
• Roxanne and Antonio have been active on the platform this week in honor of the season’s premiere.
  — Lexi Lane, Men's Health, 24 Aug. 2023
• Apparently, Kelce does the ‘stache every training camp in honor of Chiefs’ coach Andy Reid.
  — Vulture, 24 Sep. 2023
• Keep scrolling to see 20 of his top sartorial moments in honor of his birthday.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 10 Apr. 2024
• The Record published its first edition since the raid on Wednesday in honor of Joan Meyer, the paper’s co-owner who died at age 98 a day after the searches.
  — Luke Nozicka, Jonathan Shorman and Katie Moore, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024