courageous
Example Sentences
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The Wu-Tang Clan executive producer died “following a courageous and hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer” according to a joint statement issued by the hip-hop collective and Grant’s family.
From Los Angeles Times
Our critic said the series “is courageous in several ways, including its recognition that people aren’t simple, or easily defined, even for the purposes of crime drama.”
“The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost, and we may have casualties. That often happens in war,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
"Our joint action will create the conditions for the courageous Iranian people to take their destiny into their own hands."
From BBC
“Oh my, you flew here? Oh my, oh my. That was very brave. Yes, very courageous. Couldn’t see myself up in the sky.”
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.