gallant act
Example Sentences
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In an extraordinary letter of thanks, the officer's father wrote to Robert Malin to commend his "gallant act" and invite him to visit them.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2018
The present generation has not gazed at a more gallant act than Cervera at Santiago.
From Time Magazine Archive
At Andrews, Sadat praised Carter for the "brave and gallant act" of calling the summit.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has also brought to notice a gallant act of Captain A.H.C.
From The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War by Churchill, Winston
Evidently his gallant act, the thing that everybody had admired in Trooper, had taken on a different colour when performed by him.
From In Orchard Glen by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller
