Sentence examples for honor against from inspiring English sources

He even had a testimonial match in his honor, against the Cosmos no less.

Both feature a hero who battles for his honor against resplendent villains.

Early critics of this book have gotten bogged down in defending Brad­lee's (and Woodward's) honor against Himmelman's Woodward-like investigation of detail.

President William Howard Taft, in a special message to the Senate, has defended his family honor against the charges of corruption in regard to the Alaskan land grants.

In France and England, though, duelling was meant to reinstate an aristocratic code of honor against the encroachment of the middle class.

How many more names, General?" Republicans countered by citing the threats from al-Qaeda and Iran, and defended Petraeus's honor against criticism from antiwar activists.

It demands activism against sexual slavery, against honor killings, against genital mutilation and against the execution of children, out of the admittedly philosophic conviction that human beings are created in God's image and should not be oppressed or mutilated.

This has been a long time coming: Northwestern just scored on a punt return for the first since Sept. 10, 2005, when Marquice Cole did the honors against Northern Illinois.

It also gave her an edge in another developing story in the season-long competition for 2013 rookie-of-the-year honors against Ricky Stenhouse Jr., her recently announced new boyfriend.

GOLF TITLE; Qualifying Round Begins at 8 A.M. Wednesday on Links of Hollywood Club. 3 EX-CHAMPIONS ENTERED Reekie to Defend His Honors Against a Strong Field of 95 Amateurs.

Manning produced better numbers than he did en route to winning most valuable player honors against the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI, but his 333 passing yards and 31 completions in 45 attempts brought him little comfort and certainly no joy this time.