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

There’s always a debate for reason versus passion, for valiance versus depravity, Knox argues.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2020

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

The story is typical of the happy valiance with which he conducted both his own affairs and those of the nation.

From Queen Victoria by Strachey, Lytton