code of honor
Example Sentences
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Nicholson leading his fellow prisoners of war in dutiful observance of a wartime code of honor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
They were often portrayed in films and cartoons as noble outlaws with a code of honor.
From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024
And the characters’ final showdown is based in a code of honor that recalls that of a samurai.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2023
The musical exists because Dennis Hackin, the movie’s writer and co-producer, has a soft spot for the story, in which people follow their dreams and carry the cowboy code of honor into the present day.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2019
In taking the veterinarian’s oath, she had pledged herself to a code of honor that bound her to the care of animals but also bound her to the saving of human lives through medicine.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
