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noun

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Recent Examples of valiant
Noun
Despite a valiant comeback attempt in the fourth quarter, which included a run of 19 unanswered points, the early miscues essentially buried Carolina in a hole the Panthers couldn’t fully climb out of. Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2025 His boundless pride in America and his valiant belief in free speech will leave a lasting impact. Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2025 Call it a valiant, optimistic, perhaps even a calamitous misreading. Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025 In addition to implementing many voluntary changes, and even after a valiant legal fight and court victory, Harvard may still make a deal to get Trump off its back. Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for valiant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for valiant
Adjective
  • That is just a fraction of the workers harmed; that number is merely the number brave enough to speak up, risking all their future jobs.
    Arabelle Sicardi, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
  • In mitigation, Tottenham have built a squad that does possess the players to link the midfield and attack, but with James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski both out injured for the coming months, there is a need for more midfield players to be braver when progressing the ball.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Diego Rincon, creative director at Lifted, says the team spotted an opportunity to work up a big new hit of this ilk after ITV’s stalwart Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway was rested.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Streetwear stalwart Stüssy is linking up with longtime partner Nike for a new collaboration set to be released Friday.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The obligation is now ours to keep her spirit alive by transforming our compassion into action, and our hope into habit so that the world can become a more courageous and kinder place.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Chicago Med is an emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city’s state-of-the-art trauma center and into the lives of the courageous doctors, nurses and staff who hold it all together.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Wembley possessed an unmatched ability to create sporting heroes, as proved by a roll call featuring Sir Stanley Matthews, George Best, Ferenc Puskas and Sir Geoff Hurst.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The book’s hero was inspired by Knox, an orphan who lived with the author and his wife, Janine, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • And yet, welcoming that idea can shock the system because our popular conception of the American Revolution is so often encased in bloodless, gallant myth.
    Sarah Botstein, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The experience of secession, of war, of industrial slaughter and gallant sacrifice, of Black soldiery and humanity all reforged Lincoln into a stronger alloy.
    Jack Sheehan September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • People sometimes expect some heroic situation.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
  • On the Met’s stage, the writer — called, say, Jamal Khashoggi — would be sung by a heroic tenor, his tormentor by a demonic baritone.
    Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Anthony was fearless in advocating for human rights.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
  • This candid conversation is your chance to hear raw revelations and candid confessions from a fearless force of Bravolebrities who always speak their minds.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Valiant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/valiant. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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