gallantry
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Roberts-Smith won the Victoria Cross -- Australia's highest military honour -- for "conspicuous gallantry" in Afghanistan while on the hunt for a senior Taliban commander.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Place this alongside Horace in one of his “Epistles”: “The advancing years rob us of every thing: they have taken away my mirth, my gallantry, my revelings, and play.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
He had been mentioned in dispatches for his "gallantry" for rescuing a wounded comrade under heavy fire, something he did on "more than one occasion", his officer said.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 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
As she staggered with the bus’s movement my lack of gallantry tormented me.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
Vocabulary lists containing gallantry
Talk Like Shakespeare Day, List 1
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