badge of honor/pride

noun phrase

: a mark or expression of pride
He wore his ethnic heritage as a badge of honor/pride.

Examples of badge of honor/pride in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Wear your roots like a badge of honor and respect them. Teja Chekuri, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024 Holding the former–always unclasped, yet never a morsel of her busy daily life visible–is a badge of honor that shows Victoria was born to be in Paris. Alice Newbold, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2024 Chain-of-thought is like a badge of honor that the answer presented is logically airtight. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024 While some may wear the designation as a badge of honor, many associate it with a specific form of humiliation. Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for badge of honor/pride 

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“Badge of honor/pride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/badge%20of%20honor%2Fpride. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.

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