(n.) Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great gallantry.
(n.) Civility or polite attention to ladies; in a bad sense, attention or courtesy designed to win criminal favors from a female; freedom of principle or practice with respect to female virtue; intrigue.
(n.) Gallant persons, collectively.
Example Sentences:
(1) You can bear witness to the gallantry of our military in Burma, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Darfur and many other parts of the world, but in the matter of the insurgency our soldiers have neither received the necessary support nor the required incentives to tackle this problem.” He added: “We believe that there is faulty intelligence and analysis.
(2) That way I can rescue my dad!” My friend Li Heping, a man China thinks is 'more dangerous than Bin Laden' Read more For all her gallantry, it is a battle the six-year-old is unlikely to win.
(3) The Whitby coxswain Thomas Langlands, on the rowing boat lifeboat first to the wreck, was among three people awarded the RNLI's gold medal for gallantry, its equivalent of the Victoria Cross.
(4) Before the parade, gallantry medals were awarded posthumously to two soldiers killed last year in clashes with Islamist separatists in the Himalayan former princedom of Kashmir, disputed for more than six decades years by India and Pakistan.
(5) The author shares a personal glimpse of Sir Stewart's wit, candor, and gallantry, observed during her more than 15-year relationship with him as a glaucoma patient.
(6) Earlier that day, with theatrical gallantry, he had announced to the cameras that his wife looked truly beautiful.
(7) Attard said France could no longer let male politicians break the law and harass and assault women every day as if such behaviour were a joke or a form of gallantry.
(8) Putin’s gallantry was one of the more comfortable and spontaneous moments he shared at the conference: talks with Barack Obama and the Australian prime minister were frostier.
(9) It's a scene that is destined to become one of the all-time greats, the brutally memorable keystone of McQueen's project of forcing the US to confront the gruesome realities of slave culture; a long, long way from the "pretty world [in which] gallantry took its last bow" as Gone with the Wind would have it.
(10) Four silver medals, the Empire Gallantry Medal and the bronze medal of the RSPCA (the Rohilla's captain saved the ship's cat) were also awarded.
(11) For his selfless bravery Christopher was posthumously awarded the Queen’s Gallantry medal in 2001.
(12) Doing so would not be an act of gallantry but an act of enlightened self-interest for net companies.
(13) The central character has often been criticised as being merely functional, but it seems to me that Nicholas is very close to a portrait of the artist as a young man: his passion, impulsiveness, somewhat exaggerated notions of gallantry, occasional priggishness and big embracing spirit are so much shared with his author (who at this stage of his life frequently had to take to horseback in order to work off his undischarged surplus of élan vital) that reading the book puts us in very close proximity to the young Dickens.
(14) Keen to protect them from yet more horrid publicity, Grant referred to "girlfriend 1" and "girlfriend 2," yet his gallantry only served to underline how much some things have changed since Queen Victoria set the tone.
(15) He was commended for gallantry in 1990, made an MBE in 1992, and in 1997 he received an OBE in recognition of his service in Bosnia.
(16) Christopher Howes was posthumously awarded the Queen’s Gallantry medal in 2001.
(17) Film fans may recall with a nauseated feeling the opening titles of a very different movie about the slaveholding south, 1939's Gone With the Wind: "Here in this pretty world, Gallantry took its last bow."
(18) In the dictionary, it is defined as courage, pluck, valour, fearlessness, nerve, daring, heroism, gallantry.
(19) But there is clearly a correlation between combat operations and challenges in mental health, and we must do all we can to support people through this.” He added: “Our men and women have displayed great courage and gallantry throughout the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq; hundreds have lost their lives and thousands have been seriously wounded … We need to have the confidence that the MoD will continue to look after these people and their families should they ever suffer from any ill-effects of their service.” Chris Simpkins, director general of the Royal British Legion, said: “The £150,000 spent per year by each of the 10 NHS veterans mental health networks in England is not enough to shield veterans from the extreme postcode lottery of variable waiting times for mental health treatment.
(20) Without any aggressiveness or naivety, we will defend the interests of the 27 and the single market.” Despite the show of gallantry towards May, he criticised those who have said a country could leave the EU without consequences.
Valor
Definition:
(n.) Value; worth.
(n.) Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a man to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery; courage; prowess; intrepidity.
(n.) A brave man; a man of valor.
Example Sentences:
(1) A valoration of the different diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and also the different etiologic and clinical possibilities is done.
(2) He was awarded the Intelligence Star for Valor for his role in the rescue.
(3) Asentamientos informales en la periferia de la ciudad continúan creciendo, mientras que el valor de las propiedades en las zonas centrales suba rápidamente.
(4) As Jere Longman would write in the New York Times: “In a country where it is considered valorous to pass up the annual vacation for more work, Hiddink seemed to be having too much fun.” But the manager was not the only one enjoying himself after the World Cup had begun.
(5) In Argo, we have yet another instance where the public has been denied of an opportunity for all Americans to learn of an American Latino's valor, talent, and patriotism.
(6) The recognition and valorization of central supply area is an important aspect to diminish the nurses stress.
(7) Aunque la comida es parte importante de la cultura mexicana (desde 2010, la cocina mexicana ha sido reconocida por la Unesco como “herencia cultural intangible”), la zona central de la ciudad fue reconocida como la zona con mayor concentración de vendedores ambulantes en 2010, lo cual probablemente conduce a un elevado consumo de alimentos de bajo valor nutritivo.
(8) We came to the conclusion that the valorization of mitral regurgitation made by both techniques is not accurately comparable, existing undervaluation in transthoracic echocardiography.
(9) PASSING is based on Social Role Valorization, an internationally influential theoretical and philosophical approach to structuring human services, particularly services for persons with handicaps or other potentially devaluing conditions.
(10) : line, hand pressure, area of the drawing, dimensions of the figures, distribution, and shading) as well as with respect to contents factors, such as spatial representation and cotwin's valorization.
(11) The issues of client self-rating, variation in levels of abstraction among listed problems, interaction between problems, reliability, and valor to IPR's adoption in clinical practice and treatment evaluations.
(12) Catch well, catch often, comrades (and join Team Valor).
(13) We consider of great interest to value some circumstances of the febrile convulsions, which could be worth for valorating recidives.
(14) Nicolas Lopez, analyst at Madrid broker M&G Valores, said the data was encouraging: All the indicators point to a turnaround, and that we're entering in to growth.
(15) This scheme describes the basic principles for orientation of residents: systematic learning and training of laboratory technology, acquisition of experience in organization and valorizing this activity, introduction to methods and practice of quality control and administration of laboratory activity.
(16) Removing the flag from this state’s capitol would not be an act of political correctness; it would not be an insult to the valor of Confederate soldiers.
(17) When you ask me what it symbolizes, it symbolizes, in a personal way, the courage and the valor of my ancestors, who in their time did what they believed was the right thing to do.” Jones, 73, who runs a chain of “Cooter’s Place” outlets in the south that sell Dukes memorabilia including Confederate flag license plates , said the flag had a place in southern culture that had become detached from its history as a battle flag – and from the question of race and racism.
(18) The obtained conclusions are used for a valorization of the hyposensibilisation allergen Desalerga A which is produced by the firm USOL.
(19) Gasometric and spirometric measures were taken in addition to clinical evaluation at hospital admission and discharge using a numerical valoration system.
(20) Speaking from the Oval Office on Thursday, Barack Obama said: “It is a heartbreaking circumstance for these individuals who have served our country with great valor to be killed in this fashion.” Obama said the families of the victims had “our full support as they try to overcome the grief that’s involved here”.