point of honor
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of point of honor
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
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“Didion,” Barbara Grizzuti Harrison wrote in The Nation in 1979, “makes it a point of honor not to struggle for meaning.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2021
Lubet: The Southerners regarded this as a point of honor, which apparently was much more important to them than freedom.
From Slate • Sep. 23, 2015
They are all rather understated, as if the actresses regarded it as a point of honor never to block the view of their characters.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2014
So it became a point of honor to find a version of Dickens' classic that would resonate for my son and his generation, just as Sim's film had once done for me.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2009
Since they had married, it was a point of honor between them that Lillian serve grits and Bull refuse to eat them.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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