guerdon

Example Sentences

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To snag the top guerdon at a fake National Spelling Bee, Guy relies on his photographic memory and a certain prospicience about the vulnerabilities of spelling prodigies.

From Time • Mar. 13, 2014

When "Stunner" Harding was elected President, he returned the guerdon of friendship, taking "Chain Ganger" Crissinger down to Washington to be Comptroller of the Currency.

From Time Magazine Archive

The guerdon of the struggle remained the same; but, by the beginning of the last scene, most of its contenders and nearly all of their weapons had been altered.

From Time Magazine Archive

At any rate, you have had your guerdon now.

From The New Rector by Weyman, Stanley John

When the waltz was over, he returned to her, as a medi�val knight from the tournay, to receive his guerdon at his mistress's hands.

From Froth by Palacio Vald?s, Armando