chivalric

Example Sentences

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“Everything in my work is kind of chivalric — it’s all about rescue and the divided self. The inability to hold to one’s own standards all the time,” says O’Grady.

From New York Times

As a chivalric literary historian who has studied the origins of the holiday, I find this a shame.

From Salon

Similarly, the appellation “sister”, which appears first in chivalric literature and continues for centuries, never seemed to me a sign of the decline of desire: on the contrary.

From The Guardian

After all, this is a chivalric quest with spurs.

From Washington Post

“I had a head stuffed full of chivalric epigrams, and the self-confidence that comes from a thorough knowledge of horsemanship and swordplay,” she writes.

From New York Times