Sentence examples for honourable by from inspiring English sources

Of course, while his intentions have been praised as honourable by some, others couldn't resist mocking the billionaire for his timing when announcing his new Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and his 2,200 word missive that began with the claim Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan almost "didn't have the words" to describe their joy at their new arrival.

Othello – a general acknowledged as brave and honourable by friend and foe – handcuffs Iago to a chair and subjects him to torture to make him reveal more about Desdemona's supposed infidelity (we have already seen both Iago and Othello participate to varying degrees in the Abu Ghraib-style violence towards a hooded captive).

The Honourable Assassin by Roland Perry is published by Allen & Unwin.

Zrinski's corpse was beheaded and his head taken to the Emperor while his body received an honourable burial by a Turk who had been his prisoner, and well treated by him.

Honourable Friends? by Caroline Lucas (Portobello).

An Honourable Englishman, by Adam Sisman (Random House).

Ignominious defeat has been turned into honourable defeat by Victor Trumper, Walter Hammond and several others.

Lastly, we have some titles given very honourable mentions by single members of the panel.

The first is the honourable way, by making a product that becomes so popular, so famous, that everyone thinks of you when they think of it.

Of these heroes the more-favoured (who were related to the gods) reverted to a kind of restored Golden Age existence under the rule of Cronus (forced into honourable exile by his son Zeus) in the Isles of the Blessed.

If everyone is on, everyone is equally treated: it would cease to be a stigma and instead becomes an honourable means by which everyone makes a contribution towards protecting the vulnerable from violent crime.