valorous

Example Sentences

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The conciliatory narrative that emerged from 1876 painted veterans, North and South, as noble, valorous brothers.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2026

Much of the event on Wednesday was focused on Anderson’s valorous sacrifice, and rightly so.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2024

It was upgraded to the Medal of Honor decades later following a policy change that lifted a requirement that such awards be made within five years of valorous acts.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2024

We’re a nation that so often sees suffering as valorous, preferring to evoke notions of “Blitz spirit” rather than addressing structural inequalities.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2023

President Truman, who felt he had shown a valorous decisiveness in ordering the bombs to be dropped, had no tolerance for retrospective moralizing.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik