Sentence examples for win honor for from inspiring English sources

The plot is pretty cut-and-dried mix of the arch typical western (a stranger walks into a corrupt town and tries to clean it up) and the arch typical Asian martial arts drama (a young man is sent on a quest by his father to win honor for himself).

Beyoncé won the best R&B award, and viewers chose her "Crazy in Love" as the best song of the year.... Johnny Cash, who died on Sept. 12 at 71, won honors for video of the year ("Hurt"), as well as single of the year and album of the year at the 37th annual Country Music Awards last week at the Grand Old Opry House in Nashville.

U2 earned their first two Grammy Awards in 1988, winning honors for Album of the Year and Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal for The Joshua Tree.

He conducted numerous naval operations, harassing Macedonian interests throughout the Aegean, winning honors, collecting spoils, and gaining for Pergamon possession of the Greek islands of Aegina during the first war, and Andros during the second, twice narrowly escaping capture at the hands of Philip.

Washington's Mark Moseley won the honor for the 1982 season.

Hill, 37, won the honor for the second time in three years.

Faulk won the honor for the third straight year with a typically spectacular season: rushing for 1,382 yards, gaining 765 yards receiving on 83 catches -- best among running backs -- scoring 21 touchdowns and going over 2,000 yards from scrimmage (2,147) for the fourth consecutive season, a league record.

Pitching in a steady rain for most of the game, Beckett appeared just as dominant as he was in 2003, when he was the World Series' most valuable player, and last week, when he won the honor for the A.L. Championship Series.

Directors Guild Awards: Alfonso Cuaron wins top honor for 'Gravity'Gravity

I had the privilege of being a producer on one of those wonderful shows, After Midnight, which won the honor for Best Choreography.

On April 5, 2010, he was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week, winning the honor for the seventh time in his career (tying Carter for the most in franchise history).