Sentence examples for were honoured by from inspiring English sources

The team were honoured by President Barack Obama in a ceremony to celebrate their MLS Cup win, and it likely provided a much-needed reminder of recent glory.

Those who retired from the national team in the summer – Lahm, Miroslav Klose and Per Mertesacker – were here too and were honoured by the German Football Association.

Between 1922 and 1942 they were honoured by 52 countries and gave protection to 450,000 mainly Russian, Armenian, Assyrian, and Turkish refugees.

Payment orders for large sums were honoured by the central bank even if they had only two of the three required signatures.

It was only in May this year that Germaine Tillion and Geneviève de Gaulle, two of France's most admired resisters, were honoured by symbolic reburial in the Panthéon in Paris.

The worldly achievements of James Bartholomew Cummings AM, known as "the cup king" in the racing world, were honoured by the inclusion of a powerful secular object: the Melbourne Cup won in 1996 by Saintly.

I was honoured by the comment.

Lord Green has been honoured by his country.

He was honoured by scholars and rewarded by kings.

But so was being honoured by the National Home Furnishing Association of Colorado Springs.

"I'm honoured by the board's election," said Thompson.