Example Sentences
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Granting Mayfield’s valiance, the distressing nature of his performance Monday went beyond injury.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2022
Going by plot alone, in terms of its emotional valiance, this is such a Hitchcock picture, but Olivier was not the kind of actor the director usually employed.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2017
I applaud State House Speaker Philip Gunn for his valiance to start a “conversation” about the flag.
From Time ● Jun. 25, 2015
His default stance is a hunch, with his hands buried in his pockets, and there’s a valiance in his eternal attempts to break through that posture.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2015
He exhibits man's weakness, misery, and bondage to the passions; gives counsel for the enfranchisement of the mind; and studies the virtues of justice, prudence, temperance, and valiance.
From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund
