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
That’s a point of honor for Lee, who called it a “humbling moment” following the Thursday vote.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2021
“It’s a point of honor to stay in Russia and try to make things better.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2018
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
It was not only a point of honor, he’d said, it was also a matter of having to go because his face was Japanese.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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