unquailing
- a word derived from quail.
Example Sentences
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"My Lord, he can look the sun in the face at noon-day; he could weigh with an unquailing eye the bullet that brought him death—he is a man of unspeakable firmness."
From The Buccaneer A Tale by Hall, S. C., Mrs.
He entered with great haste, and on his brow was that dark frown which none ever saw unquailing.
From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
The same unquailing courage, and the same calm, grim fortitude which shed their fadeless lustre upon his whole extraordinary career were evinced by General Grant at the last moments of his life.
From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3 by Various
He kept his black, unquailing eye fixed upon the judge while he spoke, but betrayed not a single symptom of a timid or vacillating spirit.
From The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William
The unquailing spirit of the young hero ruled all around him.
From Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign by Kingston, William Henry Giles
