How to Use honorable mention in a Sentence

honorable mention

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  • The senior was honorable mention all-district last year and has averaged double-figures in each of the last three seasons.
    — Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The hipster cafe just outside of the city center is well worth a trip, and the interior design deserves an honorable mention too.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Graduate student Katie Benzan was named to the second team by the media and earned honorable mention from the coaches.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Gilles received an honorable mention for Pac-12 All-Defense.
    — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2022
  • All-Big Ten honorable mention for finishing second on the Wolverines in scoring (27 points in 26 games).
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2022
  • The metaverse was an honorable mention last year but has made the full list of predictions for 2023.
    — Daniel Newman, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
  • All was named honorable mention by the Big Ten coaches and media in 2021.
    — Andrew Hammond, Detroit Free Press, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Laura Wei led the way with four golds, one silver and one honorable mention.
    — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 6 Jan. 2023
  • One of the two posters that earned honorable mention, by Moaray Hunter, had a race car reflected in the visor of a helmet.
    — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2024
  • All-Big Ten honorable mention, to play at a high level.
    — Ryan McFadden, baltimoresun.com, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Hauser may have been the biggest snub of all, ending as just an honorable mention in the best year of his career.
    — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Awards for the second most honors in the contest: seven awards and one honorable mention.
    — The Oregonian, oregonlive, 10 July 2023
  • The squad includes a first, second and third team along with a list of honorable mention selections.
    — Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 29 Mar. 2022
  • So my honorable mention goes to the Coco and Breezy x Teva collab.
    — Venesa Coger, refinery29.com, 14 July 2022
  • From the same company that makes the Jarvis standing desks, this Alani desk chair is one of our honorable mentions for best office chairs.
    — Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Coleman earned third-team All-Big Ten by the league’s media and honorable mention from its coaches.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The Beavers did not have a first teamer, though Slama earned honorable mention honors.
    — oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2022
  • He was named an All-America honorable mention by the AP.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2024
  • Here are The Republic's Top 10, along with some honorable mentions.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Each of last year’s winners surely warrants honorable mention this year as well, but here is our new list of our top three CEOs from 2023.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Cole, who was an All-ACC honorable mention, also wanted to show off his ability on the field.
    — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Banks made honorable mention all-district last year for the Longhorns, leading them in rushing while adding a spark as a kick returner.
    — Matt Goul, cleveland, 12 July 2023
  • Read on to see more honorable mentions from the competition.
    — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
  • All-Big Ten Conference pick last season by the coaches and honorable mention by the media.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Like his teammate, Huot was an all-state honorable mention last season.
    — Shane Hoffmann | , oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Baugh and Case were named to last year's Arizona Republic girls all-state cross-country team, while Schlink earned honorable mention.
    — Alex Suarez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Brown is an honorable mention All-American and had 30 goals and 41 assists.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 May 2022
  • This is one of our honorable mention Wear OS smartwatches.
    — Scott Gilbertson gear Team, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2022
  • All-State last season while Ri Fletcher was an honorable mention pick.
    — Jimmy Lay, al, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Jeffrey Whitbeck took honorable mention for Officer of the Year for his work as the department’s firearms rangemaster for a dozen years.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 6 June 2024

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