gallant
Example Sentences
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She smiled at him as they hauled themselves up it—a brief flash of teeth, effortful but gallant—and tried to wring the water from her clothes.
From Literature
Similarly, not all Faithfuls are gallant, as is confirmed by Michael Rapaport’s rabid behavior.
From Salon
Especially moving in “Neptune’s Fortune” is the insight and empathy Mr. Sancton brings to his consideration of the book’s bedeviled but oddly gallant protagonist.
“While this is all very gallant of you, I can assure you that your girlfriend will be fine.”
From Literature
It is alive, it exists, you know people who are gallant, have witnessed gallantry and understand at this point that it is deeply countercultural.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
