dauntlessness

Example Sentences

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It seemed suddenly impossible to comprehend the motivation, the determination, the dauntlessness of men.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2022

You would need to be the perfect person for the job — to have just the right combination of masochism, tenacity, disinterest and dauntlessness.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2022

"Charlie Hebdo deserves to be recognised for its dauntlessness in the face of one of the most noxious assaults on expression in recent memory."

From BBC • May 5, 2015

"Charlie Hebdo deserves to be recognized for its dauntlessness in the face of one of the most noxious assaults on expression in recent memory."

From Reuters • May 5, 2015

He used much the same tactics as those found so successful in dealing with the French:—he over-awed them by dauntlessness of spirit, and a show of far greater strength than he really possessed.

From Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman by Caldwell, Willie Walker