Examples of valor in a Sentence

The soldiers received the nation's highest award for valor. the absence of indecision even in the face of death is the true mark of valor

Recent Examples on the Web Shirley was awarded a medal of valor for his response to the fatal shooting of Tyler Gerth in Jefferson Square Park in June 2020. — Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 13 Jan. 2022 Other Black troops who served in Iraq or Afghanistan have received high-ranking valor awards, but never the Medal of Honor. — Dan Lamothe, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Dec. 2021 Before his capture, Skardon had earned two Silver Stars and four Bronze Stars for valor while leading Company A of the 92nd Infantry Regiment PA (Philippine Army), a battalion of Filipino Army recruits. — Greg Norman, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2021 He was awarded a medal of valor for his response to the fatal shooting of Tyler Gerth in Jefferson Square Park in June 2020. — Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 23 Nov. 2021 All but one received valor awards or commendations in 2019, according to U.S. Army Special Operations Command. — James Gordon Meek, ABC News, 11 Nov. 2021 Karin Rosenberg, who first met her husband in the 1980s, knew nothing of his valor for years. — New York Times, 17 Nov. 2021 Yantis was on duty in the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001 and was decorated for valor and service to others that day and for his efforts in helping others in the weeks, months and years to follow. — Pioneer Press Staff, chicagotribune.com, 12 Nov. 2021 Their resolve to stage a play depicting recurrent atrocities reiterates both their valor and why art must endure even in life-threatening crises. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2021

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History and Etymology for valor

Middle English valour "worth, worthiness, bravery," borrowed from Anglo-French valor, valur, inherited or borrowed from early Medieval Latin valor, from Latin val- (stem of validus "in good health, robust, having legal authority," valēre "to be well, have strength") + -or, noun suffix — more at valid, wield

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