Sentence examples for rather honored from inspiring English sources

Three frowning young men dressed in black had stood at the entrance, turning away whomever they thought didn't fit in with the crowd so as you can imagine I felt rather honored to have been let in.

In a show of utmost modesty, it did not celebrate its own one-year anniversary, but rather honored today's other significant event, the presidential election.

If you'd rather honor the solstice at the time the Sun is at its highest northern point in the sky (actual solstice), you'll need to know the time for that in your local area.

Confucianism argues that rulers should be chosen on the basis of merit, not entitlement, and that the governing class is not above the law, but rather, honor-bound to serve not their own but the people's interests.

Their flying of the American flag at the Refuge which they had taken hostage desecrated rather than honored it.

Rather than honor Valentine's Day, they commemorate Black History Month.

Our government hides the dead from view, rather than honoring them.

Broomfield himself doesn't believe in the murder theory, and insists that he set out not to trash Love but, rather, to honor Cobain.

That makes this the only state that honors the indigenous people of this land, rather than honor the beginning of their attempted genocide.

"Rather than honoring their sacrifice and recognizing their pain, Mr Trump disparaged the religion of the family of an American hero," Collins wrote.

Mr. Damaso told The Saturday Star that he did not mean to disrespect Mr. Mandela, who turns 92 on Sunday and is in frail health, but rather to honor him.