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
A history of gallant women is the history of the world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026
The American icon's performance in a gallant first-round defeat by Czech 11th seed Karolina Muchova suggested there is more mileage left in the tank.
From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025
Murderbot doesn’t even want to be touched, which makes its final act particularly gallant.
From Salon • Jul. 7, 2025
The staff then supported Andre’s gallant request that he be shot like an officer rather than hanged as a spy.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
