Sentence examples for honor given from inspiring English sources

The award is the highest honor given by the Catholic Church.

She was voted "the school flower" by the boys, an honor given to the prettiest girl.

In 1969, Johnson awarded Dr. DeBakey the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor given a United States citizen.

In 1955 he was awarded the Legion of Merit, a Congressional honor given to foreign military leaders.

General Hoffman received the Legion of Honor from Marshall Foch, the highest honor given to a soldier who is not in the French army.

In 2000, His Holiness Pope John Paul II elevated Mr. Florence to a Commander of the Knights of St. Gregory, the highest honor given by the Catholic Church.

In 1969, he was recognized for lifetime achievement in his field with the Bruce Medal, the highest honor given by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

An active supporter of Phillips Exeter and Harvard, he received the John Phillips Award from Exeter in 1997, the highest honor given by the school to an alumnus.

In 2014, Angell received the J. G. Taylor Spink Award, the highest honor given to writers by the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Jeffries grew up in basketball-loving Indiana — in 2000, he was named Mr. Basketball, an honor given to Indiana's top high-school player.

Named for Elizabeth Seton, the founder of the Roman Catholic school network in the United States, the award is the highest honor given by Catholic educators.