as in courageous
feeling or displaying no fear by temperament
valorous deeds that will be long remembered
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Recent Examples of valorous
Gladiator was a big, sentimental, sincere movie about the genuine and valorous camaraderie between men who risk their lives for each other.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
The season’s first episode and its later depiction of the Fall of Reach — a major moment in the game series — really captured the harrowing yet valorous essence of the Halo games despite not strictly following the game’s canon.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 19 July 2024
Russian claims to Crimea draw from a deep well of historical mythologies that enshrine the region within narratives of religious identity, valorous militarism, and Soviet nostalgia.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Feb. 2024
The Republican refusal to support the valorous resistance of Ukraine in their fight against the sudden sneak attack without provocation by Russia’s imperial new Stalin, Vladimir Putin, leaves me simply incredulous.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2024
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
The season’s first episode and its later depiction of the Fall of Reach — a major moment in the game series — really captured the harrowing yet valorous essence of the Halo games despite not strictly following the game’s canon.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 19 July 2024
Russian claims to Crimea draw from a deep well of historical mythologies that enshrine the region within narratives of religious identity, valorous militarism, and Soviet nostalgia.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Feb. 2024
The Republican refusal to support the valorous resistance of Ukraine in their fight against the sudden sneak attack without provocation by Russia’s imperial new Stalin, Vladimir Putin, leaves me simply incredulous.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for valorous
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Her courageous work in eastern Ukraine stands in direct contrast to Trump and Putin, who heap praise on each other and ignore the devastation to Ukraine, an ignorance that not even death and injury to women and children can penetrate.—
Bob Kustra,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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The book’s premise revolves around Zachary, a courageous eight-year-old diagnosed with a terminal pediatric cancer, who has an enlightening dream where God approaches him with a mission.—
Catharine Kaufman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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The rest of the episode shows the Current’s valiant efforts despite the loss in the NWSL semifinals against Orlando.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
7 Mar. 2025
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The animal fell into an icy river in the Xinjiang city of Kashgar recently, according to footage of the valiant rescue effort and a description shared by Newsflare.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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LaBruce’s idiosyncrasy is connected to the fearless audacity of his brave, tragic inspiration, Pasolini.—
Armond White,
National Review,
19 Mar. 2025
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This industry is wild, man, with brave human beings who can look at something for its wholeness and take the crookeds with the straights, to quote August Wilson.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
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An elaborate ideology confers legitimacy upon the Kim family: according to the country’s founding myth, Kim Il Sung led a gallant band of guerilla fighters in the bitter winds of Manchuria to defeat the Japanese, liberate the Korean people, and establish the North Korean state.—
JENNIFER LIND,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Oct. 2010
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In stereotypical movies, the gallant hero saves the damsel through daring, dramatic action.—
Amanda Nguyen,
TIME,
3 Mar. 2025
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Sometimes there’s a mystery to solve, sometimes there’s romance to resolve and this year Trauma Code even incorporated heroic action scenes.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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The task demanding such heroic efforts was to select the American wines that would compete in the reenactment of one of modern history’s most pivotal wine competitions.—
David Rosoff,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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Set in December 2001, amid a devastating crisis, Lali, 18, flees with fearless teenage guerrillas convinced that Carlos Menem is to blame for the country’s collapse, determined to meet the former president in his lavish mansion in Anillaco and assassinate him.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2025
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One suspects that six years on, Lloyd’s more fearless about putting his own stamp — with both feet — on Evita.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2025
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