How to Use homage in a Sentence

homage

noun
Definition of homagenext
Synonyms for homagenext
  • The book is a deeply personal homage to her favorite city.
  • Each paid homage to the genre and put new twists on it.
    — Emily Gaudette, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The first two pay homage to the horror films of the eras in which they’re set.
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2021
  • And many of them pay homage with their work to the women who raised them.
    — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2021
  • And the main maze pays homage to the Monarch butterfly.
    — Melanie Savage, courant.com, 28 Sep. 2020
  • The color is thought to be an homage to yes, the yellow brick road.
    — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 23 May 2021
  • Many of the public spaces pay homage to the building’s past.
    — Erik Maza, Town & Country, 29 July 2022
  • For both, the tattoo is an homage to their birth country.
    — Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Anderson pays homage by sticking to the script word for word.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2023
  • My red curry is an homage to my dad, who learned it from his mom.
    — Parnass Savang, Bon Appétit, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Scherzinger’s version was likely a homage — and a sweet one.
    — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2021
  • That was an homage to Lino and my late husband who loved corn dogs.
    — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2022
  • And there are indeed a few homages to the great decorators of the movie’s era.
    — Julia Reed, ELLE Decor, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Zendaya knows how to pay homage to those who came before her.
    — Shelby Ying Hyde, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Apr. 2021
  • His sanctity was so great that even creatures of the sea would pay him homage.
    — Anna Della Subin, The New York Review of Books, 11 May 2021
  • The floral imagery in his paintings since then pays homage to her.
    — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2020
  • Piglet paid homage to his lady love in his clue package.
    — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Having the chance to sit with him, listen and pay homage was such an honor.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The bar is dipped in dark chocolate to pay homage to the dark-lighting ambiance and dark woods of dives.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2022
  • This cropped curly look with blunt bangs pays homage to silent movie stars of yesteryear.
    — Yaa Bofah, Good Housekeeping, 15 July 2021
  • This was a sad but well-intentioned homage to one of the best eating streets in the city.
    — Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Jeymes Samuel pays homage to the rich legacy of the Black cowboy.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Pink and green with itty-bitty black seeds, this nail art pays homage to the fruit of the season.
    — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 30 June 2020
  • Berkeley, a philosopher in images, is easy to pay homage to but very hard to add to.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Off the court, a franchise pushing into its fifth decade paid homage to its past.
    — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2019
  • He was dressed all in black — an homage to Johnny Cash.
    — Ben Terris, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
  • The home's name was an homage to Swift's wife, Hortense.
    — Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Miami showed up and paid homage to its favorite -- in more ways than one.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 23 Feb. 2020
  • Each year, an artist creates a colossal statue that pays homage to the fair's theme.
    — Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 15 Sep. 2022
  • These kind of things, for me, are like an homage to some of my favorite directors.
    — Joanna Robinson, HWD, 20 May 2018

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