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valor
[ val-er ]
noun
- boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle; heroic courage; bravery:
a medal for valor.
Synonyms: intrepidity, spirit
Antonyms: cowardice
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Idioms and Phrases
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Example Sentences
Even the valor of tragedy is denied to Daisy, “a woman born with a voice that lacks a tragic register.”
The founder of Valor por Tamaulipas disputes this version of events and has characterized it as disinformation.
Understandably the narcos wanted to know the real identities of Felina and her compañeros at Valor por Tamaulipas.
The founder of Valor por Tamaulipas confirmed that the photos are of Felina.
Ground war remained, inevitably, a place of high sacrifice as well as valor.
De Valor resumed it, when he raised the rebel standard on the Alpuxara mountains.
He distinguished himself by his valor against the Saracens, under Charlemagne.
This battle lasted four hours; the Spaniards performed prodigies of valor, and were victorious.
To the arts of the politician he added the valor of the warrior, and exterminated the Saracens who invaded Italy.
Thus Arnold, though defeated, gained by his valor the fruit of victory, for the British gave up their plan of holding the lake.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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