guest of honor

noun phrase

: a person who is being specially honored
She will be the guest of honor at the banquet.

Examples of guest of honor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web As the guest of honor, I was instructed to cut off the cheeks and pass them to the other guests. Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024 Uma Thurman, clad in a baby blue trench coat, acted as guest of honor. Vogue, 14 Feb. 2024 Walking the kennels with Blackwell feels like arriving at a surprise party with an exceptionally gregarious guest of honor. Michelle Madden, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024 Harbour will also join BoxLunch in a volunteer day, as well as celebrate the 175 million meals the retailer has donated to Feeding America by appearing as the guest of honor at the second annual BoxLunch Holiday Gala in Los Angeles. Caroline Brew, Variety, 10 Oct. 2023 President Ronald Reagan’s tax reforms were the topic on a night in 1985 when, as Charlotte Curtis reported for The Times, Alexander Haig was the guest of honor. Penelope Green, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024 The Bon Jovi frontman was the guest of honor at MusiCares’ gala, which was hosted at the Los Angeles Convention Center just two days ahead of the Grammys. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 5 Feb. 2024 The masquerade ball, which took place at The Plaza hotel, featured the likes of Marianne Moore, Frank Sinatra, Gloria Vanderbilt, the Italian princess Luciana Pignatelli, and the guest of honor: Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham. Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2024 The charity uses Anne Frank’s life and diary to educate and empower young people to challenge prejudice and discrimination, and Camilla was the guest of honor at the trust’s annual lunch in 2022. Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024

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“Guest of honor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guest%20of%20honor. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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