How to Use maid of honor in a Sentence

maid of honor

noun phrase
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  • The bride even asked her best friend to serve as maid of honor on her big day.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Smith’s daughter, then 11 years old, was the maid of honor; her son, 15, gave her away.
    — Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2024
  • This is especially the case if asked to play the role of maid of honor.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 14 June 2023
  • Daughter Jen has helped plan the wedding and will be maid of honor.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The simple function of handing over the bride’s ring could be done by the maid of honor, if there is one.
    — Judith Martin, oregonlive, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Cyrus' daughter, pop singer Miley Cyrus, served as the bride's maid of honor.
    — USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Williams even served as Turner's maid of honor in her 2019 wedding to Joe Jonas.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
  • On the morning of the event, the maid of honor is found floating in Nantucket Harbor, dead.
    — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023
  • Turner's Game of Thrones costar Maisie Williams also served as maid of honor.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Anna was in town from St. Petersburg as the maid of honor at a wedding.
    — Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
  • While Nyles is resigned to his fate, Sarah — the maid of honor — is desperate to escape this desert hell.
    — Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Normally the maid of honor hosts the shower, but this seems to have been planned by the bride and her mother — also bucking the norm.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Normally the maid of honor hosts the shower, but this seems to have been planned by the bride and her mother – also bucking the norm.
    — Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • That nasty bit of fun was spoiled when the maid of honor could be the couple’s daughter or the best man her previous husband.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
  • That nasty bit of fun was spoiled when the maid of honor could be the couple’s daughter, or the best man her previous husband.
    — Miss Manners | Judith Martin, Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2023
  • Her two younger sisters, who acted as her maids of honor, were each clad in rainbow print.
    — Sanam Yar, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Turner's former co-star and real-life best friend Maisie Williams served as her maid of honor.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2023
  • My mom’s twin sister Patty was the maid of honor and family friend Joe Ruszczyk was best man.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Traditionally, the maid of honor, best man, and parents of the couple will give a speech at the wedding.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2024
  • In the film, badass secret agent Sam is tasked with one of her hardest missions to date – being maid of honor for her childhood best friend.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Sep. 2023
  • My instinct is that this is yet one more sacrifice you are expected to make as her maid of honor.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Once everyone settled in and dinner was served, the bride and groom’s parents made speeches followed by the best man and maid of honor.
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The couple wed beneath a family of 800-year-old trees with best friend Mariska Hargitay serving as the maid of honor.
    — Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Sydney Leroux served as the officiant of the wedding, and Megan Rapinoe served as Harris' maid of honor.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Scott, 30, tied the knot with her husband Matt Moeller in a ceremony that involved her sister Hailie Jade, who served as her maid of honor.
    — USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
  • Laura Hankin's latest rom-com asks: What if your maid of honor and best man hate each other because of what one wrote online?
    — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
  • There’s also the relationship between Amelia and her best friend/maid of honor, Merritt.
    — Patricia Karounos, refinery29.com, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Now, maids of honor are looking for a weekend in a pink palace that provides a hub for that unforgettable experience of saluting the bride.
    — Yelena Alpert, House Beautiful, 28 May 2023
  • Bracy’s mother was Thompson’s maid of honor at her wedding, and Thompson was one of Bracy’s bridesmaids.
    — Steven Lemongello, Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2024
  • Sarah Murphy, her maid of honor, made papier-mâché vessels for the white florals from August Designs.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 2 Aug. 2023

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