valiance
Example Sentences
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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
Considering that this superstar once strode across the world’s biggest stages with the valiance of a freak, she now seems to be exuding the quiet desperation of a fraud.
From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2016
I applaud State House Speaker Philip Gunn for his valiance to start a “conversation” about the flag.
From Time • Jun. 25, 2015
His default stance is a hunch, with his hands buried in his pockets, and there’s a valiance in his eternal attempts to break through that posture.
From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2015
His word has ever been a strength among us, and no man here but knows his valiance in the cause.
From Oliver Cromwell by Drinkwater, John
