gallant

Example Sentences

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On the way to a fancy ball, his gallant attempt to guide his date past a fetid puddle ends with him splashing her “from head to foot with that filthy water.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

It is primarily a civilian award, but it may be awarded to military personnel for gallant conduct that is not in "the face of the enemy".

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Our response was gallant, but that's not what we want to be, we don't want to be a responding team.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

I couldn’t help but wonder if Williams was hiding a less gallant backstory.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

During one futile counterattack, “the French infantry made a gallant show, advancing across the Belgian beet fields with colors unfurled and bugles sounding the shrill notes of the ‘charge.’

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman