gallant act
Example Sentences
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In an extraordinary letter of thanks, the officer's father wrote to Robert Malin to commend his "gallant act" and invite him to visit them.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2018
The present generation has not gazed at a more gallant act than Cervera at Santiago.
From Time Magazine Archive
At Andrews, Sadat praised Carter for the "brave and gallant act" of calling the summit.
From Time Magazine Archive
Newspapers from all parts of the Union poured in upon me, describing this gallant act of my guide Conroy.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
Fisk found time to extinguish some flames which were enveloping the limber of one of our guns—a gallant act performed under very heavy fire for which he was given the D.C.M.
From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Hamilton, Ernest W.
