Tribute

//ˈtɹɪbjuːt//

"Tribute" in a Sentence (17 examples)

The whole company stood in silence for a few moments, as a tribute to the dead.

The verdict is a tribute to their fairness.

This is a small tribute to all my teachers.

This is a tribute to all the Native Americans who died to defend their land, their people and their culture ever since Christopher Columbus set foot on their land.

The fact that I survived is a tribute to the indestructibility of the human body.

On Tom's death in 1998, Mary paid tribute to his personal qualities.

I thought "like money for a cat" was different than "like pearls before swine". I thought it was a tribute to the exemplary nature of the cat and the ultimate meaninglessness of the materialism of money.

In his Veterans Day message, former president Barack Obama tweeted, “To all our veterans and your families: thank you. There's no tribute that can truly match the magnitude of your service and sacrifice.” “But all of us can do our best to live up to the American values of service, responsibility, generosity, and citizenship that you helped defend,” he added.

He saw rest that it was good: and the land that it was excellent: and he bowed his shoulder to carry, and became a servant under tribute.

Every year Moscow pays a tribute of 2 billion dollars to the Chechen Republic to keep it part of Russia.

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Please accept this as a tribute of our thanks.

the passing tribute of a sigh

Did you catch the Up in Smoke tribute in that episode of That '70s Show?

The Ancient Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute.

The setting of a Copper Mine upon tribute , has this difference : the Tributor is at the sole expence of digging , raising , and dressing , all the Ore that can be made merchantable

1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures Tut-work is also employed upon the lode itself, though from the advantages generally considered to arise from the tribute system […]

Amorous Trifler, that spendeth[…]his Afternoones in discourse with Paint, or Lust, tributing most precious Minutes, to the Scepter of a Fanne.

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