Sentence examples for mostly honored from inspiring English sources

Mr. Rabin, a soldier-statesman who was gruffly shy, remains mostly honored as a man.

But now the Los Angeles model for international events is mostly honored in the breach, as witnessed by the empty buildings in Beijing, which was the host a year ago.

Close readers of this article may have gathered that some of the pertinent laws were mostly honored in the breach to begin with, and that is indeed the case (I had no trouble obtaining alcohol at 14), but when the drinking age rose to 21 in the mid-'80s, with concomitantly tougher enforcement, the handwriting was on the wall.

The document mostly honors Trump's unorthodox campaign promise not to cut Social Security or Medicare, but it shows how the president's domestic agenda is being shaped by Capitol Hill Republicans eager to cancel benefits to supposedly undeserving recipients.

She takes mostly Honors classes.

Though free negro bonds had been required of all free African Americans in St . Louissince 1843, the law had mostly been honored in the breach; only when the regulation was first passed, in 1843, and when the United States went to war, in 1846-1848, did the filing of these bonds spike.

Most royal courts long ago relinquished their power to civilian governments and now serve mostly to honor tradition and attract tourists.

For the past three years, former professional stars have been honored (mostly in person, but also posthumously) in their hometowns, usually at their high school.

According to popular and publishing lore, it was also one of the great unread classics of our time -- with James Joyce's "Finnegan's Wake" or David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest" as coffee-table monuments honored mostly in the breach.

No one has even hinted at bringing back the old Fairness Doctrine, which was honored mostly in the breach even before it was killed off in 1987.

The mostly Russian-speaking audience honored the orchestra with a slow clap, and the players showed off their polished technique and tonal beauty again in the encore: the sprightly Moderato from Rossini's String Sonata No. 3.