adjective

• Possessing or showing courage or determination.

  ‘she made a valiant effort to hold her anger in check’

  More example sentences

  • ‘a valiant warrior’
  • ‘I have to say we made a valiant effort - after each set back we picked ourselves up, brushed the dirt of our knees and skated on.’
  • ‘Bruno loves Sonia and makes a valiant effort to make her happy once again.’
  • ‘The singer feigns ignorance, and makes a valiant if contradictory effort to keep up appearances.’
  • ‘He is someone who has given his all to the game and should go out after a valiant effort, win or lose.’
  • ‘Despite a decided lack of knowledge of the rules of the sport they played a valiant game.’
  • ‘Though their efforts were valiant it was painfully obvious it had little effect on the blaze.’
  • ‘Apparently, he had made a valiant effort to turn the whole thing into a classroom.’
  • ‘Her career had been marked by close defeats and valiant efforts.’
  • ‘New recruits can be invited to the army halls in order to train and become valiant warriors.’
  • ‘Although Vic made a valiant effort to overtake the leaders, he fell short by a few points.’
  • ‘Nevertheless, it's more than likely that their valiant efforts will be in vain.’
  • ‘He was a valiant warrior and and a great hunter who roamed over the whole earth.’
  • ‘That first-half lead was protected by some valiant defending, not least from the impressive Richard Dunne.’
  • ‘These are our valiant soldiers, the ones who die for us on the battlefield and in the electric chair.’
  • ‘Reports indicate that she made a valiant attempt to escape the fusillade of bullets but was chased and shot anyway.’
  • ‘This book is a history of its ten years' valiant work in maintaining the high standards one has come to expect of British newspapers.’
  • ‘As always, there are a few, valiant individual journalists doing their best.’
  • ‘We should never forget the sacrifices made during the Second World War, nor the lives lost as part of a vital and valiant struggle.’
  • ‘They made a valiant attempt to avoid capture, but were forced to give themselves up because his friend was too badly injured to go on.’
  • ‘He thought that he would be rewarded for valiant actions with a hero's welcome when he returned to shore.’

  Synonyms

  brave, fearless, courageous, valorous, plucky, intrepid, heroic, stout-hearted, lionhearted, manly, manful, bold, daring, audacious, gallant, confident, spirited, stout, undaunted, dauntless, doughty, mettlesome, unalarmed, unflinching, unshrinking, unblenching, unabashed, undismayed

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