1
: possessing or acting with bravery or boldness : courageous
valiant soldiers
2
: marked by, exhibiting, or carried out with courage or determination : heroic
valiant feats
valiantly
adverb
valiantness
noun
: a valiant person
Examples of valiant in a Sentence
Adjective
She died last year after a valiant battle with cancer.
Despite their valiant efforts, they lost the game.
She made a valiant attempt to fix the problem.
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The Athletic College Basketball Staff, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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In a valiant effort, Wanyonyi was able to hold off all three of these 1500-meter specialists.
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And outlets that cast Southern activists’ direct action as valiant often portrayed civil rights activism outside of the South as unreasonable, disruptive, and potentially dangerous.
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Adjective
Without every last one of those points, there’s no telling whether No. 1 Duke would’ve survived No. 4 Arizona’s valiant comeback attempt.
—The Athletic College Basketball Staff, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The Cybertruck is indeed a valiant effort in doing something new, and that’s not what most manufacturers dare to do.
—New Atlas, 12 Apr. 2025
In a valiant effort, Wanyonyi was able to hold off all three of these 1500-meter specialists.
—Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
And outlets that cast Southern activists’ direct action as valiant often portrayed civil rights activism outside of the South as unreasonable, disruptive, and potentially dangerous.
— Made By History, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Valiant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/valiant. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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