How To Use Honorable In A Sentence

How phony it is for the news media to engage in seemingly honorable self-analysis: "Did we overhype the storm? David Ropeik: Hurricane Hype? Yes. Overreaction? Nonsense!
i told my wife the other night, i'm hoping that obama can slip in a few "dishonors" and "dishonorables" under the radar on tuesday night. mccain will catch it and it will set him off. i honestly think that's the one button that you can push with mccain that he can't resist blowing up over -- hitting his honor (or lack thereof). Obama Campaign Launches Pre-emptive Ad Strike Against McCain's Planned Character Assault
Induction into the prestigious AAAL followed naturally from Carver’s honorable completion of the Strauss Living. Raymond Carver
exploiter" so long as he follows any pursuit, however honorable and productive, in which a Christian might engage in his stead. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894)
He couldn't risk having her think his intentions were less than honorable.

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Seems unfair, but sons of earls are mere "Honorables," like the famous Mitford sisters and the children of viscounts and barons, except that first-born sons of earls and viscounts quite often use the title of one of dad's spare baronies. Peerless Titles
He spent two and a half years in the Navy, eventually given a general discharge under honorable conditions, following several minor infractions and an attitude which he describes as marginally insubordinate. The Piano Teacher
Her hero's commitment to a vision of honorable politics is clearly out of place in a context of political corruption, baseness, and compromise.
The offender is extruded as unworthy of an honorable calling.
Along this vein, "honorable mention" is provided for makers of certain crafts whose works are not featured (under the heading of, for example, "Additional woodcarvers in Arrazola"). Mexican Folk Art from Oaxacan Artist Families by Arden Aibel and Anya Leah Rothstein
Will the honorable member answer the question?
I’m an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals. Steve Jobs
The superior honorableness of agriculture, is shown by the fact, that it was _protected and supported by the fundamental law_ of the theocracy -- God thus indicating it as the chief prop of the government, and putting upon it peculiar honor. The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus
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He will be a good son to you and a good grandson to his honorable grandparents. THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES
Evangelista's words as an honorable "amende," instead of judging them for what they were, a declaration of war. The Marriage Contract
An issue of this importance to the nation deserves full public hearings, full debate on the floor of the Senate, not an attachment that I described as dishonorable to Iraq war funding bill. CNN Transcript May 21, 2008
The revised title for next week's results is by Kevin Dopart; this week's honorable-mentions subhead is by Craig Dykstra. in which we asked rather unspecifically for nerdy, quantitatively leaning musings: Style Invitational Week 872: Make a word out of a name; and geeky musings
followed the only honorable course of action
All I can do for you is give you the opportunity to die a quick, honorable death.
I was beginning to feel all tingly as he gazed into the limpid pool of my eyes and professed his honorable intentions.
These states are more comfortable with a distant hegemon with an honorable history of restraint than a local hegemon with a persistent history of expansionism.
She wrote a letter telling him that the Marine Corps had given him a dishonorable discharge.
Love is not an honorable sentiment. Colette
He obtained of them the command of an expedition whose destination was known to himself alone; assuring them of the honorableness and the success of the enterprise. Mosaics of Grecian History
He needed to talk to his future mother-in-law and convince her that his intentions were honorable.
Man must be able to think freely and he must be able to express his thoughts freely! He who is against this is not only fascist and primitive but at the same time is a very great coward also! Only the brave and the honorable men are never afraid of freedom of thought and freedom of expression of ideas! Just like the cockroaches do not like the light, evil minds also do not like the freedom of thoughts! Mehmet Murat ildan
honorableness" was when he defended Obama in the one town hall meeting w / that "Muslim" mumbling women …. WordPress.com News
An honorable discharge would mean that any reserve unit with openings would have to accept her application to fly.
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An honorable discharge would mean that any reserve unit with openings would have to accept her application to fly.
If she found any, she would say it would be ignominious to be dirty when I was beheaded (it is sometimes honorable for a samurai to commit hara-kiri and then be beheaded). Osamu Shimomura - Autobiography
The ronin's distant past explores the conflict between an honorable samurai heritage and the financial worries of masterless ronin.
A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books. Henry Ward Beecher
The title of censor was esteemed more honorable than that of consul, although attended by less power: no one could be elected a second time, and they who filled it were remarkable for leading an irreproachable life; so that it was considered the chief ornament of nobility to be sprung from a censorian family. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed)
I shall leave a name execrated by every monopolist who, from less honorable motives, clamors for protection because it conduces to his own individual benefit. Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century
After a moment, biting her lip, she added, "Your question to me just now was dishonorable. THE BIRTHDAY OF THE WORLD
What makes that egregious and selfish act more serious than just disgustingly dishonorable is that those fake awards are used to justify and back up applications for employment or appointment, for winning political office, and even claims for veteran's benefits - including government medical treatment for post-traumatic stress syndrome. Media Coverage October
I know, I know - he received an honorable discharge.
The superior honorableness of agriculture, is shown, in that it was protected and supported by the fundamental law of the theocracy -- God indicating it as the chief prop of the government. The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus
The whodunit is fun, but as with the entire Honorable Daisy Dalrymple saga it is the sense of time and place that brings enthralled readers to a bygone era. Black Ship-Carola Dunn « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews
Man must be able to think freely and he must be able to express his thoughts freely! He who is against this is not only fascist and primitive but at the same time is a very great coward also! Only the brave and the honorable men are never afraid of freedom of thought and freedom of expression of ideas! Just like the cockroaches do not like the light, evil minds also do not like the freedom of thoughts! Mehmet Murat ildan
It is virtuous and honorable to be honest, but honesty does not always pay. Honesty is not a good policy in circumstances where being honest is disadvantageous or harmful. Dr T.P.Chia
The most he could do was provide us with a handwritten note that vouched for our honorable intentions.
Suitors are so distasted with delays and abuses, that plain dealing, in denying to deal in suits at first, and reporting the success barely, and in challenging no more thanks than one hath deserved, is grown not only honorable, but also gracious. The Essays
Honorable beginnings should serve to awaken curiosity, not to heighten people's expectations. We are much better off when reality surpasses our expectations, and something turns out better than we thought it would. Baltasar Gracian
On television this sort of thing is enormously effective in demoralizing the innocent and well-mannered who, acting in good faith, do not lie or make personal insults, Buckley has made many honorable men look dishonest fools by his demagoguery, and by the time they recover from his first assault and are ready to retaliate, the program is over. R_urell: William F. Buckley: Father of Modern "Conservatism"
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. Ralph Waldo Emerson
An honorable Chinese citizen should be jealous of his own rights.
The inspector general, relying upon the testimony of white citizens, recommended that the whole unit be given dishonorable discharges.
To actively seek nothingness is worse than defeat; why, Kudra, it is surrender; craven, chickenhearted, dishonorable surrender. La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth
The honorable senator from Connecticut (note the irony) is right up there with Hillary Clinton in personifying what’s wrong with our government. Think Progress » Lieberman Flashback: Questioning Bush’s Credibility Is Central To Democracy
It's a move that is so cold-hearted and so profoundly dishonorable that it could only have been made by people who have lost all moral direction.
The honorable-mentions subhead is by Russell Beland. in which we asked you to combine two products: Week 888: Make up a word based on someone's name
dishonorable in thought and deed
I thought it was dishonorable and dishonest to question the medals and citations that he had received in combat.
Honorable beginnings should serve to awaken curiosity, not to heighten people's expectations. We are much better off when reality surpasses our expectations, and something turns out better than we thought it would. Baltasar Gracian
She is living proof that a Democrat can be an honorable attorney general in a scandal-prone Democratic administration.
Man must be able to think freely and he must be able to express his thoughts freely! He who is against this is not only fascist and primitive but at the same time is a very great coward also! Only the brave and the honorable men are never afraid of freedom of thought and freedom of expression of ideas! Just like the cockroaches do not like the light, evil minds also do not like the freedom of thoughts! Mehmet Murat ildan
A picture of Christ in the mourning widow's chamber; a "mater dolorosa," in the distracted mother's home; a "kerchief" of the Holy Virgin, spotlessly white, like the glorious spirit, above the bed of olden times, are surely elevating, and honorable presences, the recollections which lead us to them are holy and imperishable, as is the devotion which bows the knee before them. Debts of Honor
When dinner was ended, the Abbot bestowed honorable garments on him, such as beseemed his degree and merit, and putting good store of money in his purse, as also giving him a good horse to ride on, left it at his owne free election, whether he would stay there still with him, or depart at his pleasure. The Decameron
In the end, an award only merits respect if it honors what is honorable; the Hugo will gain luster by honoring Anathem. MIND MELD: The Hugo Awards - Success at Picking the Best, How Well it Represents the Genre, 2009 Predictions & Overlooked Titles
The only way to restore this republic our founders envisioned is to elevate honorable jurists like Samuel Alito," Santorum said. 01/09/2006
Yet, notwithstanding the amende honorable thus made by Cid Hamet The Monastery
Ah, that unexpected new rancorously floated owing to that honorable bestselling. Planet-x.com.au » The Princess Bride – Audio sale Books new tape australia
What if a poor fat squinny rogue, a low-born fellow even as I am, whom you had baffled and made a laughing-stock, had come to me in my loneliness and sworn before God that if you honorable gentlemen would not keep your words, he the clown would? Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth
I have the greatest respect for honorable toil, but even more for callithump. Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm
The tanist shall receive the ancient and honorable coronet of the Principality according to the traditions of the Principality.
An honorable discharge would mean that any reserve unit with openings would have to accept her application to fly.
It is more honorable to admit a mistake than to cover it. Dr T.P.Chia
So he deplored his condition, with tears in his eyes, and obtested them by the kindness due from them, as of his kindred, and by the faith they owed to God, and begged of them that they would not hinder him of this honorable mourning at his funeral. Antiquities of the Jews
Let him not quit his belief that a popgun is a popgun, though the ancient and honorable of the earth affirm it to be the crack of doom. Emerson and Other Essays
The idea that an honorable death is better than a life of disgrace continues in modern Japan.
Individualistically adjectivally of the endothermic normative concomitant richmond hill home brno vulcaniser seen a dishonorable orthicon in the ruggedization of monosemous and dirt stinkweed. Rational Review
Are we going to stand up and play it in an honorable fashion or we're going to do something like what Governor Sanford did, which was to inflict so much suffering and humiliation on his wife and to really kind of pollute and destroy this home that his four sons are growing up in and a part of. CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2009
The attache is a credible and honorable fellow, and talks of these matters as if he positively believed them. Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 1.
He should really stop talking about the honorableness of public officials resigning when they have differences with their bosses.
The accumulation of fortunes through foresight, unusual capacity, energy, thrift, and native honorable shrewdness is in itself no crime. Philanthropy
After a moment, biting her lip, she added, "Your question to me just now was dishonorable. THE BIRTHDAY OF THE WORLD
As for myself, I only pray that he is honorable and will not play the knave. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
L'un d'eux lui a reproché d'avoir été l'artisan des coupes salariales sans précédent, de l'ordre de 20 %, en 1982-83, et lui a demandé de faire amende honorable. Archive 2007-06-01
Snarky Chris' story, "Godspeed," is up, as is another honorable mention poem from our contest, this one a haiku titled "Open. DKA Magazine Stats for November 2006
The day dawned cool, bright & clear with glorious morning sunshine as some 35 or so of us gathered in the avenue just opposite the small British Palace on Main Street. 10:30 a.m. was the scheduled departure time, and not wanting to disappoint our proud or dishonorable as some of you might be grumbling record of tardiness and cunctation, the Hash left at 11:05. Archive 2007-04-01
She seems to think becoming vicious and dishonorable, is taking the heat .... when they are the tactics of someone who has nothing else in their personal arsenal. Obama: Nobody's complained more than the Clintons
The word "soph" once had a high and honorable distinction, but now it is used to point a moral, and the synonym of sophomore is soft. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8
Many honorable journalists have tried to do the former, many other sleazeballs have done the latter.
A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books. Henry Ward Beecher
Medals can denote honorable deeds as well as ones that are questionable or disreputable.
When you put it that way, the street-level huckster almost sounds more honorable than the executive.
An honorable Chinese citizen should be jealous of his own rights.
We've heard a lot about how blowing her cover was probably illegal and certainly dishonorable.
The original comment about the chimichanga, however, did not happen in the newsroom of the honorable Washington Post, but in a presumably more honorable place: the US Senate, where Senator John McCain apparently had recently talked about the contributions of Arizona to American culture and reported that his state is the place where "the chimichanga was born. Pilar Marrero: Republicans and Democrats Argue Over "Chimichangas"
If he’s been and continues to be good to you, reciprocation is the honorable thing to do. Gardener thoughts
There is also a strong message that vengeance is ignoble, and sacrificing oneself for any higher cause is honorable.
That part was true, but his reasons for marriage are not entirely honorable.
I would think that if you understood what communism was, you would hope, you would pray on your knees that we would someday become communist," and "The peace proposal of the Viet Cong is the only honorable, just, possible way to achieve peace in Vietnam. Latest Articles
But it seems the right honorable gentleman's favorite soucar cavalry have proved the payment before the Mayor's Court at Madras! The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12)
Recently, our family has been discussing what would be a befitting, honorable tribute to his life.
All I can do for you is give you the opportunity to die a quick, honorable death.
He couldn't risk having her think his intentions were less than honorable.
It is the spirit which incarcerates unfortunate prisoners of honorable warfare in pestilential holds, stifles them with thirst, starvation, diseased meats, if not slow poisons, and plants tons of gunpowder under them that, in case of inability to retain them, they might be blown to atoms at the mere touch of a match. The Assassinated President
I would think that if you understood what communism was, you would hope, you would pray on your knees that we would someday become communist," and "The peace proposal of the Viet Cong is the only honorable, just, possible way to achieve peace in Vietnam. Latest Articles
However, fear, as well as guilt, forced me to choose the more honorable course of action.
An excellent discourse whereof, as likewise of the honourable expedition vnder two of the most noble and valiant peeres of this Realme, I meane the renoumed Erle of Essex, and the right honorable the lord Charles Howard, lord high Admirall of England, made 1596. vnto the strong citie of Cadiz, I haue set downe as a double epiphonema to conclude this my first volume withall. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01
In all my years of search in this world, from the Golden Gate in the West to the Vistula in the East, and from the Orkney Islands in the North to the Spanish Main in the South, I have never met a thoroughly moral man who was honorable. Archive 2009-08-01
Thank you for your concern in upholding the good name of our honorable servicemembers and exposing phonies for what they truly are. ERIK J STURCHIO
The Honorable William H. Pryor Jr. served as the Attorney General of the State of Alabama from 1997-2004.
I would think that if you understood what communism was, you would hope, you would pray on your knees that we would someday become communist," and "The peace proposal of the Viet Cong is the only honorable, just, possible way to achieve peace in Vietnam. Theodore's World
These businessmen are both competitive and honorable.
It would no doubt surprise the reader, and no less so our Honorable Secretary of the Navy, should I say that I have seen George Washington, John Quincy Adams, Franklin Pierce, Rip Van Winkle, Allen G. Thurman and Hillary Herbert engaged together in a game of shinney. Naming the Indians
Tyrrell is best known now as an insane Clinton-basher, but he became sort of famous in the '70s by fancying himself the reincarnation of H.L. Mencken, writing a lot of Carter-bashing columns where he called everyone a "poltroon" or "the honorable" something. Funditry
I give way," was the characteristic of his attitude to Crashaw, and the rector suppled his back again, remembered the Derby office-boy's tendency to brag, and made the amende honorable. The Wonder
The most he could do was provide us with a handwritten note that vouched for our honorable intentions.
He earned four service medals and three ribbons before his honorable discharge in 1994.
It awarded the honorable title of nation high-tech enterprise, which provided with proprietary intellectual property rights on anti-static Calcium Sulphate Raised Access Flooring System series.
Sir, if this be a sample of that discomfiture with which the honorable gentleman threatened me, commend me to the word discomfiture for the rest of my life. Select Speeches of Daniel Webster
It will be difficult to say this without appearing to be in praise of this rogue and occupying state, however, yes -- Israel is more democratic in many ways than most Middle Eastern countries and I say hats-off to Channel 10 for doing the honorable thing of allowing the video to air while knowing that it will cause much criticism. Faisal J. Abbas: Israel's Democracy Rings Hollow as IDF Continues to Humiliate Palestinian Detainees
Will the honorable member answer the question?
She was always at work, unresting, unhasting, and, although weary and worn with the interminable delay, neither she nor any member of the committee left any honorable means untried in order to secure what was so vitally necessary to the very existence of this board during the exposition. Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
The question here is a philosophical one: why is it necessary to have some men be brave enough to fight and honorable enough to fight to protect the weak, in order to have a society exist?
So that if there had been any kind of virtu in Venice and in their institutions, they could easily have reorganized and shown a new face to their fortune, and would have been in time either to have won or lost more gloriously, or to have obtained a more honorable accord. Discourses
As the highest speed attainable by open aerenoids, which were used mainly for pleasure, was but eight miles an hour, my journey of five miles gave me ample time for meditation; and when I at last alighted on the balcony of a small white marble villa, to which I had instinctively guided my aerenoid, I had fully determined upon what I felt to be the only honorable course to pursue. Zarlah the Martian
The most he could do was provide us with a handwritten note that vouched for our honorable intentions.
There comes a time in the life of many a voting citizen when one frowns, shrugs and mentally dismisses the lot of them - right, left and centre - as opportunists and poseurs, all equally unfit to wear the mantle of Honorable Member.
But something—a little worm of perverse honorableness gnawing at my heart or was it some other part of me? Kalooki Nights
In times gone by, when an opponent sacrificed a piece to launch an attack, it was considered dishonorable not to capture the sacrificed piece.
If they were any good I'd've been nominated for a minor award or made honorable mention in contests. Getting It Wrong
manslaughterer" because he is frum and the Gedolim said he must be innocent (because he is frum!). honorable Dov Bear already went to town, but I have something specific to add, as this episode really encapsulates this slithering haredi's dishonesty to the core. The Kvetcher
Little Menie was the first person to whom he made the amende honorable; and a much smaller propitiation than the new doll with which he presented her would have been accepted as an atonement for a much greater offence. The Surgeon's Daughter
Wonderful, " said St. Timon, "the Honorable Mrs. Coran, a widow.
To end this cycle of tension, it will take at least a gnereation, I think, where more enlightened parents and teachers can teach a new generation of the fundamental honorableness of each and every human being. The Politics of Fifth Grade: For Their Own Good
What does an honorable man do in times when dishonor rules supreme?
She accepted a plea bargain and received a general discharge under honorable conditions.
Mal took an honorable discharge, brought Celeste and Stefan to America, returned to his LAPD sergeantcy and divorced Laura. The Big Nowhere
When detected in pilfering, they appear extremely foolish and ashamed, because it is superlatively dishonorable - not to steal - but to have failed in an attempt, the complete achievement of which would have added renown to their characters for dexterity and address. Life in the Rocky Mountains
To them, constabulary duties are far less glamorous and honorable than the conventional wars they signed up for, and far more ambiguous.
Big media, with a few honorable exceptions, are respectfully swallowing the big lies.
Honorable Mrs. Scawen at Maidwell, and packing the "apparatus criticus" into the spacious saddle-bags; and we enjoy the prelibation with which The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851
The superior honorableness of agriculture is shown, in that it was protected and supported by the fundamental law of the theocracy -- God indicating it as the chief prop of the government. The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus
You have these wonderful kind of dichotomies between a politician who will refer to "my right honorable friend" or "the right honorable gentleman" if it's a member of the opposition. Maggie: An Intimate Portrait of a Woman in Power
Amicitia principum, friendship with the emperor, was a sure way of gaining access to senatorial magistracies and other honorable positions.
Panning gold in the gulches, poaching deer and other game, rounding up wild horses and mules for the packing plant, growing vegetables, cutting firewood, and bootlegging whiskey-all were honorable occupations during such hard times.
Neither is it in Gods esteem the diminution of his glory, when honorable things are spoken of good men and worthy magistrates; which if I now first should begin to do, after so fair a progress of your laudable deeds, and such a long obligement upon the whole realm to your indefatigable virtues, I might be justly reckoned among the tardiest, and the unwillingest of them that praise ye. Areopagitica: A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing: Paras 1-19
Ce serait un geste honorable qui ferait baisser la pression sur la ministre, et qui éviterait que la suspicion ne s'installe au sein du caucus adéquiste. Archive 2009-04-01
Let's hope that Sanford's new found status as maxima personae non grata among SC Republicans will help him to decide to do the only honorable thing left for him in his career: RESIGN. GOP candidate scrubs Sanford graphic from Web site
A lively and enlightened faith, a solid and fervent piety, and a superior mind, convinced him that since the time of the abasement of the Son of God, humiliation is honorable, and adds to the splendor of the highest dignities; a truth which is not understood by persons of little faith, by the proud, the indevout, and those of little mind. The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi
Such laudable and honorable strivings are the only real ways to make profit honestly.
Their usuries, which had hitherto been counted dishonest gain, were henceforth to be honorable, and they esteemed as patriots. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View
The Cree CR6 LED downlight received an honorable mention for its “amazing combination of price and performance.” Today's bright ideas win 'Lighting for Tomorrow' contest
Some US politicians try hard to undermine Sino - US relations by fabricating lies, which is really dishonorable.
The cataphract and armiger were given more honorable deaths. Wildfire
The pawnshop is a most honorable and useful institution. Far Above Rubies
As namely, first that of M. Randolph, 1568. then the emploiment of M. Ienkinson 1571. thirdly, Sir Ierome Bowes his honorable commission and ambassage 1582. and last of all the The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
Jereme Johnson, an honorable mention All-American who set single-season records for batting average (.472) and on-base percentage (.553), is a lock in the outfield, but additions such as Las Cruces freshman Luis Quinones could split time in the infield and outfield. Clovis News Journal : News
These passwords had to be repeated by the palace guards, who were grizzled old centurions given guard duty as a kind of honorable semi-retirement.
Charlatan is an opprobrious term, but "empiric" literally means one who follows experience instead of dogma, and should therefore be an honorable designation; but as the medical profession has always been dogmatic, and therefore hostile to empiricism, or fidelity to experience, it has made empiricism an opprobrious term. Buchanan's Journal of Man, November 1887 Volume 1, Number 10
William Thomas in his Historie of the common wealthes of Italy, maketh honorable mention of him twise, to wit, in the commonwealth of Florentia and Ferrara. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
Honor your daughters. They are honorable. Malala Yousafzai
You wouldn't want your clan to get a bad reputation for dishonorable behavior, even if it's uncalled for.
My father didn't think acting was an honorable profession.
‘Please all rise for the honorable Judge Quincy Miller,’ called out the bailiff, and the people obeyed.
There's a long, vaguely dishonorable list of pop hits that have been commonly misattributed.
Obama knows that the word dishonorable is used in the military to get rid of bad soldiers. Legitgov
Now, we need to get more honorable men in office – veterans like SSG David Bellavia. Think Progress » Brown wins Massachusetts special election; Coakley concedes.
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The old goat said he'd run an honorable campaign and since he was the guy who got shivved by Bush in South Carolina eight years ago, I took him at his word, assumed he didn't set his moral compass by Pablo Escobar. Seth Greenland: What Is Barack Obama Thinking? Part I
Ah, but my dear honorable chief, my daughter is just a child.
Chang got into cooking originally, he says, because it seemed like “the last honorable profession,” a job like shoemaking or glassblowing where quality and craftsmanship mattered. The Sorcerer’s Apprentices
Neither is it in Gods esteem the diminution of His glory, when honorable things are spoken of good men and worthy magistrates; which if I now first should begin to do, after so fair a progress of your laudable deeds, and such a long obligement upon the whole realm to your indefatigable virtues, I might be justly reckoned among the tardiest, and the unwillingest of them that praise ye. Plea for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing
FA ZHOU : Honorable ancestors, please help Mulan impress the matchmaker today.
If they were any good I'd've been nominated for a minor award or made honorable mention in contests. Getting It Wrong
Just now a _palkee-gharree_, cheapest of one-horse vehicles, with but one half-naked syce running at the pony's head, and never a footman near, passes the spanking Arabs; the plain turban of a respectable accountant in the Honorable Company's coal office at The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858
Karzai gives us an honorable exit, unlike in Iraq, where our defeat is there for all to see and savour. You Ain’t Gotta Go Home But You Gotta Get The Hell Up Outta Here | ATTACKERMAN
Wooed by a man with dishonorable intentions, she found herself unwed, disgraced, and cast out.
I just can't wait for the moment when John McCain -- contrite and suddenly honorable again in victory or defeat -- talks about how things got a little out of control in the passion of the moment. Apology Not Accepted - Swampland - TIME.com
He will try in his honorable role as the advocate to gain as much advantage as he can for his point of view.
JONES: I do not understand that system of ethics which draws a distinction between a straightforward, honorable, veracious, and pure-minded man in private life, and a deceitful scoundrel as a public officer. A Country of Vast Designs
In the distant past the megabyte and gigabyte were honorable quantities of storage and we referred to them by their full names; now they are too familiar, and we call them "meg" and "gig. Ask MetaFilter
Wooed by a man with dishonorable intentions, she found herself unwed, disgraced, and cast out.
His fundamental kindness and honorableness have always impressed me.
Their supporters have trod the same ground in the past: No one was indicted; ergo, the actions were honorable.
Neuerthelesse, she was shortlie after sent home, vnder the conduct of the earle of Worcester, associat with diuerse other noble and honorable personages, both men and women, hauing with hir all the iewels, ornaments, [Sidenote: Additions of the chron. of Flanders.] and plate which she brought into England, with a great surplusage besides giuen to hir by the king. Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV
It is all but impossible not to wish to stand well with your waiter: I have myself been often treated with conspicuous rudeness by the tribe, yet I have never been able to withhold the 'douceur' that marked me for a gentleman in their eyes, and entitled me to their dishonorable esteem. Complete March Family Trilogy
He assured him that his intentions with his daughter were honorable, and asked if he could speak to her.
Dr. DAVID RUGGLES, poor, blind, and an invalid, founded a well-known Water-Cure Establishment in the town where I write, erected expensive buildings, won honorable distinction as a most successful and skillful practitioner, secured the warm regard and esteem of this community, and left a name embalmed in the hearts of many who feel that they owe life to his eminent skill and careful practice. The colored patriots of the American Revolution : with sketches of several distinguished colored persons : to which is added a brief survey of the condition and prospects of colored Americans,
Let him not quit his belief that a popgun is a popgun, though the ancient and honorable [64] of the earth affirm it to be the crack of doom. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
We met them at Klondyke Corner and it happened like this: We'd endured the midgie assault and had positioned the vans in an honorable fashion, so as to give all some privacy and peace for the night ahead. TravelPod.com Recent Updates
I was beginning to feel all tingly as he gazed into the limpid pool of my eyes and profess his honorable intentions.
Saying that an ordinary death in combat was futile is hard enough, without being associated with others who call it criminal or dishonorable. The Volokh Conspiracy » Washington Post Editorializes in Praise of Harold Koh’s Drone Statement
Myron, however, bowed low before Talena, in this perhaps saluting the loftiness and honorableness of her status, that of the free female. Magicians of Gor
Some of the comments are priceless and deserve to be preserved, with the hope that they might at some future date bring a blush of shame to the cheeks of the more honorable.
GRATTAN said of Hussey Burgh, who had been a great Liberal, but, on getting his silk gown, became a Ministerialist, that all men knew silk to be a non-conducting body, and that since the honorable member had been enveloped _in silk_, no spark of _patriotism_ had reached his heart. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings
And even though he would have liked an honorable death by the sword I do not think that he ever wished for this to happen the way it did.
The Honorable William H. Pryor Jr. served as the Attorney General of the State of Alabama from 1997-2004.
Among her initial instructions to Bedingfield was the warning that he was to carry out his duties as jailer "in suche goode & honorable sorte as maye be agreable to or honor and hir [Elizabeth's] estate & degree. From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558
He helped build an era in which public service was honorable.
He assured him that his intentions with his daughter were honorable, and asked if he could speak to her.
_Afin que les entreprises honorables et les nobles aventures et faicts d'armes soyent noblement enregistrés et conservés, je vais traiter et raconter et inventer ung galimatias_. Chivalry
He was captured and held as a prisoner of war, but survived and received his honorable discharge from military service on Jan. He returned Upstate, and worked for many years as a gun tester at Remington Arms in Ilion. Heroes or Villains?
'bushido' there's a whole lot of cowardly, dishonorable thought in your suggestion. Propeller Most Popular Stories

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