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Recent Examples of bravery People in the comment section were overwhelmed by the mother’s selflessness and bravery along with the shelter’s team handling the rescue so delicately. Tj MacIas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2025 Her husband gave a separate statement about his wife’s bravery. Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 27 May 2025 Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the scenes appalling and hailed the bravery of rescuers. Brian Melley, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025 Jack Stowe, a 99-year-old U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, was honored for his bravery of enlisting in the military at only 15-years-old. Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for bravery
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Noun
  • Police in Largo shared a video of the encounter, as Officer Christopher Martinez, from Long Island, tried to work up the courage to hold the alligator.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 June 2025
  • If any courage is left at the Bar’s elegant headquarters in Tallahassee, the Bondi exemption should be rescinded.
    The Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • Ah Loo’s vibrant work weaves traditional Pacific Island attire with modern silhouettes and design.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 17 June 2025
  • Our choice of attire narrates a story that connects us to our past and present.
    Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • The film starred Harbour as a drunken, disillusioned Santa Claus ready to hang up his hat when his sense of heroism is stirred by a young girl whose family is taken hostage.
    Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
  • Fitz Lee, commended for heroism in the Spanish-American War.
    Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • On Friday, May 2, Black designers based in Charlotte will burst on the scene in finery, in flash and pomp during an evening-long showcase.
    Lisa Vernon Sparks, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Standing in 18th-century finery, and with his glasses shoved up to his forehead (as was Henry’s habit), Tucker was videotaped standing in the very spot Henry did — the nearby St. John’s Church in Richmond, four miles east — 250 years ago.
    John Hanc, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The convergence of reason and gallantry, of irony and affection, struck a teasing tone.
    Merve Emre, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
  • Written with filmmaker Matt Yoka, Possession marries the Band’s Americana with T. Rex’s fuzzy glam, anchored by Segall’s always-stellar guitar gallantry.
    Dan Reilly, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • So in my grandparents’ home, my maternal grandparents' home, there were incredible costume designs.
    Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Toby Jones, Stephen Frears, Christopher Hampton and costume designer Jany Temime have been unveiled as honorees of the SCAD Lacoste Film Festival in France’s Provence region later this month.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • Season three of Mike White’s chronicle of overprivileged Americans visiting the five-star resort chain/homicide magnet set a string of series bests throughout its run.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
  • Sophomore Darren Haggerty of Viewpoint, the school’s top wide receiver, surprised himself with personal bests to win the Division 4 long jump at 22 feet, 8 inches and high jump at 6-6.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • With the Red Army closing in, such gatherings, expressions of a desperate gaiety, a fin d’une époque efflorescence, weren’t rare.
    James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
  • With the Red Army closing in, such gatherings, expressions of a desperate gaiety, a fin d’une époque efflorescence, weren’t rare.
    James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025

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“Bravery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bravery. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.

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