doughty

He is, usually, a doughty defender of the government and he still was.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

Young readers will cheer for the doughty girl, who braves the razored depths to haul the baby dragon to safety in this satisfying, sumptuously illustrated fable translated from the French by Alyson Waters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

All of that adds — you might say operatically — welcome glamour to the otherwise doughty Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, which is in desperate need of renovation.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2023

His doughty performance, punctuated by that final dash to victory, spoke the loudest.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2023

Though slow to quarrel, and for sport killing nothing that lived, they were doughty at bay, and at need could still handle arms.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

But then that doughtier, more familiar English trait—worldly scepticism—must and will reassert itself.

From Economist ● Jun. 24, 2016

Rugby union has known few doughtier competitors than the All Black captain and, should he become the first person to guide his side to two consecutive World Cup triumphs, it will merely underline that fact.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 29, 2015

The 24-year-old was outstanding in dry, firm conditions against Scotland at the start of the Six Nations but England preferred the doughtier Brad Barritt at inside centre in the latter half of the campaign.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 29, 2013

But I'm afraid the task would take a doughtier woodswoman than me.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 19, 2012

Now this son's name was Kúraján and there was no doughtier knight in all the force; for he could charge single handed three thousand riders.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

“Turn Around Time” offers no pat answers, and occasionally wanders into thickets of philosophical conjecture and opaque references that may stymie all but the doughtiest of readers.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2019

Only Munster, who face Biarritz today, now stand in the way of an all-French finale in Paris but even the doughtiest Celtic warrior can sense trouble brewing.

From The Guardian ● May 1, 2010

In a tight spot, he could pick up a broadsword and lead a charge with the doughtiest of his centurions.

From Time Magazine Archive

The doughtiest people in the publishing business are those who put out avant-garde literary magazines; they seldom make a profit and rarely reach more than 5,000 readers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not the doughtiest soldier of old Gondor, nor the most savage Orc entrapped, had ever thus endured her, or set blade to her beloved flesh.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien