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gallantry

[gal-uhn-tree] / ˈgæl ən tri /


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Sarah welcomes the gesture and I’ve noticed others admiring my gallantry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

The George Medal is Britain's second-highest civilian bravery award after the George Cross, and is given for "conspicuous gallantry not in the presence of the enemy".

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2025

Corporal Sidney Bates posthumously received Britain's Victoria Cross for "supreme gallantry" after repeatedly charging a critical German position with a light machine gun before dying of his wounds.

From Reuters ● Nov. 12, 2023

The Federal Court confirmed that the 44-year-old recipient of the revered Victorian Cross for gallantry in Afghanistan filed an appeal with the court on Tuesday against that ruling.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2023

Crossing a river at night on a crude raft, wearing armor, with an enemy waiting on the other side—-if that was gallantry, he would take cowardice every time.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

But Bausch expands her premise to embrace a world of ritualised gallantries and perfectly achieved appearance.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2012

Cyrano de Bergerac's verses were bright, rousing, full of Gascon gallantries.

From Time Magazine Archive

She was an artist, one of three glowing Peabody girls, and had lived for almost two years on a sugar plantation in Cuba among the gallantries and luxuries of the old Spanish society.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are sad-eyed little gallantries instead; and even when Saroyan half-mocks at stage doings, he seems half-mawkish.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eyes fixed straight ahead, she pretended to ignore the gallantries, but a couple of times her lips curled into a smile.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago




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