doughty

Example Sentences

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Just short of the hour-mark, two doughty Scots walked up the steep steps at the Boston Stadium in search of their seats in the gods.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026

Young readers will cheer for the doughty girl, who braves the razored depths to haul the baby dragon to safety in this satisfying, sumptuously illustrated fable translated from the French by Alyson Waters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

All of that adds — you might say operatically — welcome glamour to the otherwise doughty Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, which is in desperate need of renovation.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2023

His doughty performance, punctuated by that final dash to victory, spoke the loudest.

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2023

Though slow to quarrel, and for sport killing nothing that lived, they were doughty at bay, and at need could still handle arms.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien