valiance

Example Sentences

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Taking nothing away from Baylor’s valiance in attempting to defend its national championship, but it would have been a travesty had North Carolina not recovered and won in overtime.

From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2022

Going by plot alone, in terms of its emotional valiance, this is such a Hitchcock picture, but Olivier was not the kind of actor the director usually employed.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2017

I applaud State House Speaker Philip Gunn for his valiance to start a “conversation” about the flag.

From Time • Jun. 25, 2015

"I had to tell the story ... the valiance, the heroism, the sacrifices, the personal giving for causes bigger than yourself," says Olsen, now a 76-year-old professional artist living in Georgia.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2012

To prove his valiance and to exercise his body in feats of arms he was on his way to a tourney, armed and fortified in his joy.

From Tales from the Old French by Various