honorableness

Example Sentences

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But there was a central honorableness to this March Madness meeting, an all-in-ness by the principal actors, the coaches and players, that was restorative.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2019

But as this season exemplifies, that honorableness doesn’t always translate to narrative satisfaction, especially when coupled with other storytelling deficits.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2018

I loved his laugh, his handwriting, his steady gaze, his honorableness, his freckles, his appreciation of my jokes, his hands, his determination that I should know the worst of him.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

He obtained of them the command of an expedition whose destination was known to himself alone; assuring them of the honorableness and the success of the enterprise.

From Mosaics of Grecian History by Willson, Marcius

But besides these, the one aim, thought, or anxiety around which all others revolve is the high honorableness of all kinds of work intelligently done.

From Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements by Washington, Booker T.