Sentence examples for were honourable in from inspiring English sources

That's when true honor kicks in, and hopefully all those times you were honourable in little ways will prepare you for the big decisions.

When Barnes came to leave he said he was disappointed but that Ferguson was honourable in his dealings.

"It has become clear that while the intention behind the policy was honourable, in reality that intent has fallen short," he said.

"But it has become clear that while the intention behind the policy was honourable, in reality that intent has fallen short.

He hasn't been honourable in years".There is bound to be speculation that the timing of Mr Blatter's resignation is linked to an article in the New York Times, published less than 24 hours earlier.

He said G4S had been "honourable" in admitting their mistakes and paying for the extra military personnel.

His motives in this case were honourable: how could Mr Cameron fail to be moved by that particular questioner's story?

There are honourable people in the government and principled advisers working in Number 10, even if their unheralded service is obscured by the crass antics of spin doctors and the demagoguery of some ministers.

Samuel West plays it straight too, and Tim Robbins recently gave a coruscating version of Gore Vidal; but they are honourable rarities in the routine trashing of great texts.

What made this possible, of course, was confidence that there had been honourable compromise in the north, and the republic was at last free to focus on its own future.

"It is an honour to be a senator; but the pursuit of that position must be honourable," Mr Feingold declared in a debate recently.