valiance
Example Sentences
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Nowadays, Thewlis’ return to something approximating our old-fashioned picture of Holmes reminds us of sensibility’s valiance in a world given to absurdity and madness.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025
Considering that this superstar once strode across the world’s biggest stages with the valiance of a freak, she now seems to be exuding the quiet desperation of a fraud.
From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2016
I applaud State House Speaker Philip Gunn for his valiance to start a “conversation” about the flag.
From Time • Jun. 25, 2015
His default stance is a hunch, with his hands buried in his pockets, and there’s a valiance in his eternal attempts to break through that posture.
From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2015
He exhibits man's weakness, misery, and bondage to the passions; gives counsel for the enfranchisement of the mind; and studies the virtues of justice, prudence, temperance, and valiance.
From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund
