gallant

Example Sentences

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On the way to a fancy ball, his gallant attempt to guide his date past a fetid puddle ends with him splashing her “from head to foot with that filthy water.”

From The Wall Street Journal

It is primarily a civilian award, but it may be awarded to military personnel for gallant conduct that is not in "the face of the enemy".

From BBC

Our response was gallant, but that's not what we want to be, we don't want to be a responding team.

From BBC

She smiled at him as they hauled themselves up it—a brief flash of teeth, effortful but gallant—and tried to wring the water from her clothes.

From Literature

Similarly, not all Faithfuls are gallant, as is confirmed by Michael Rapaport’s rabid behavior.

From Salon