Sample Sentences for
valor
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    The girl who five years ago stood huddled with her mother and sister, as he presented her, the oldest child, with a medal of valor.  (source)
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    Do not forget that it must be taken under conditions of need and valor — and he must not know that you give it!  (source)
    valor = bravery
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    In Vietnam he earned a Bronze Star for valor and a Purple Heart for combat wounds.  (source)
    valor = exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger
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    In it were two bronze oak-leaf clusters, awarded to Allen for his valor in the missions of Makin, Tarawa, and Nauru.  (source)
    valor = courage
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    No clan can boast of greater numbers or greater valour.  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use valor.
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    Something gathers in the throat, something blinds him in the eyes, and faint and valorous horns sound through the earth.†  (source)
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    I went round by the garden, and laid wait for the messenger; who fought valorously to defend his trust, and we spilt the milk between us; but I succeeded in abstracting the epistle; and, threatening serious consequences if he did not look sharp home, I remained under the wall and perused Miss Cathy's affectionate composition.†  (source)
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    The colonel in charge of defending Saint-Malo has made speeches to these men, speeches about valor, about...  (source)
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    Let 'King Bard' go back to his own kingdom-Dale is now freed by his valour, and nothing binders his return.  (source)
    valour = bravery
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    Twelve years earlier he had grown to hate the perils of trench warfare in France, and had several times avoided death by declining to attempt valorous impossibilities.†  (source)
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    Having rapidly taken notice of all this, I resumed the narrative of Sir Launcelot, which thus proceeded: "And now, the champion, having escaped from the terrible fury of the dragon, bethinking himself of the brazen shield, and of the breaking up of the enchantment which was upon it, removed the carcass from out of the way before him, and approached valorously over the silver pavement of the castle to where the shield was upon the wall; which in sooth t feet upon the silver floor, with a mighty great and terrible ringing sound."†  (source)
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    A reward for their valor.  (source)
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    I grant an ugly WOMAN is a blot on the fair face of creation; but as to the GENTLEMEN, let them be solicitous to possess only strength and valour: let their motto be: —Hunt, shoot, and fight: the rest is not worth a fillip.†  (source)
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