honor guard

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Origin of honor guard

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby honor guard

honor-bound, honor bright, honor camp, honored, honoree, honor guard, honorific, honoris causa, Honorius, Honorius I, Honorius II

How to use honor guard in a sentence

The parade would start and end with the city police, an honor guard up front, a cruiser bringing up the rear.
At a Christmas parade, ‘Comfort and Joy’ turns to carnage and fear: ‘There were bodies all over the street’|Marc Fisher, Kim Bellware, Joanna Slater, Mark Guarino|November 23, 2021|Washington Post
One of the honor guard approached with slow, measured steps and presented the flag to a uniformed captain.
Choking Back Tears, Thousands of Cops Honor Fallen Officer Ramos|Michael Daly|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At the airport an honor guard greeted us, and we boarded a convoy of vehicles to drive into the city.
The Warlord Who Defines Afghanistan: An Excerpt From Bruce Riedel’s ’What We Won’|Bruce Riedel|July 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At Ben Gurion airport, an Israeli military honor guard greeted Obama and a band played the U.S. and Israeli national anthems.
Barack & Bibi: The New Golden Girls|Eli Lake|March 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST

This Scottish fighter came in with a full honor guard, bagpipes, kilts, the whole kit.
Why Spectators Sports Thrive or Die|Michael Tomasky|February 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It's true we stayed up all night, but please consider that as a watch—an honor guard, by George!
What's He Doing in There?|Fritz Reuter Leiber
The honor guard came up the front steps, through the plane, to the back compartment.
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
They tugged at their gold-braided jackets and signalled the honor guard.
The Adventurer|Cyril M. Kornbluth
Let them in, give them an honor guard of Kragans, but keep their own gun-toters outside.
Ullr Uprising|Henry Beam Piper
They watched the delegation back out, with the honor-guard following.
A Slave is a Slave|Henry Beam Piper