gallantry
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How to use gallantry in a sentence
They ennobled their race by their gallantry on that desperate occasion.
Her grandfather was decorated for gallantry at Vimy Ridge and went on to found the Canadian armored corps.
Felix is a good man, but his instincts toward decency— an act of gallantry on the Tube—eventually prove fatal for him.
This gallantry surprised her ever so little, for a faint flush came into her cheek and the shadow of a smile into her eyes.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. Lockegallantry is a weakness of the heart, or perhaps a constitutional defect; coquetry is an irregularity of the mind.
The 'Characters' of Jean de La Bruyre | Jean de La Bruyre
In the age wherein those poets lived, there was less of gallantry than in ours; neither did they keep the best company of theirs.
The Works Of John Dryden, Volume 4 (of 18) | John DrydenWhat with De Valmont's hollow gallantry and boasting of his own great deeds, he fell daily in the daughter's eyes.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisMonsieur Guillot was indeed a man of gallantry, but he had the reputation of using these affairs to cloak his real purpose.
The Double Four | E. Phillips Oppenheim
British Dictionary definitions for gallantry
/ (ˈɡæləntrɪ) /
conspicuous courage, esp in war: the gallantry of the troops
polite attentiveness to women
a gallant action, speech, etc
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