Valiant
adjective
Having a lot of courage or determination.
The firefighters were valiant in their response to the devastating fire.
Often appears as...
- valiant effort
- valiant soldier
adjective
Boldly courageous; bravely heroic.
He made a valiant attempt to save his friend's life.
Often appears as...
- valiant hero
- valiant knight
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Literary
adjective
Strong, worthy and honorable.
She's a valiant leader who stands up for what she believes in.
Often appears as...
- valiant leader
- valiant heart
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Formal
adjective
Having a lot of courage or determination.
The firefighters were valiant in their response to the devastating fire.
Often appears as...
- valiant effort
- valiant soldier
adjective
Boldly courageous; bravely heroic.
He made a valiant attempt to save his friend's life.
Often appears as...
- valiant hero
- valiant knight
Usage tips
Literary
adjective
Strong, worthy and honorable.
She's a valiant leader who stands up for what she believes in.
Often appears as...
- valiant leader
- valiant heart
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Courage in Action
Valiant describes actions where someone shows exceptional bravery, especially in difficult situations.
Despite the storm, the captain's valiant navigation saved the ship.
Pro Tip 2/3Persistence Noted
Valiant can highlight not just bravery, but relentless effort, even when success is not guaranteed.
Her valiant study efforts earned her top grades against all odds.
Pro Tip 3/3Adversity Implied
Using 'valiant' often implies facing a significant challenge or danger.
He remained valiant despite the overwhelming challenges of the wilderness.
Pro Tip 1/3Courage in Action
Valiant describes actions where someone shows exceptional bravery, especially in difficult situations.
Despite the storm, the captain's valiant navigation saved the ship.
Pro Tip 2/3Persistence Noted
Valiant can highlight not just bravery, but relentless effort, even when success is not guaranteed.
Her valiant study efforts earned her top grades against all odds.
Pro Tip 3/3Adversity Implied
Using 'valiant' often implies facing a significant challenge or danger.
He remained valiant despite the overwhelming challenges of the wilderness.
Pro Tip 1/3Courage in Action
Valiant describes actions where someone shows exceptional bravery, especially in difficult situations.
Despite the storm, the captain's valiant navigation saved the ship.
Pro Tip 2/3Persistence Noted
Valiant can highlight not just bravery, but relentless effort, even when success is not guaranteed.
Her valiant study efforts earned her top grades against all odds.
Pro Tip 3/3Adversity Implied
Using 'valiant' often implies facing a significant challenge or danger.
He remained valiant despite the overwhelming challenges of the wilderness.
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Mark Bezos: A life...
where, not surprisingly, his received much more attention than did mine. A few weeks later, the department received a letter from the homeowner thanking us for the valiant effort displayed in saving her home. The act of kindness she noted above all
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Why should you read "Don...
and leaves his village in search of glory. Cervantes’ novel unfolds as a collection of episodes detailing the mishaps of the valiant knight. Yet unlike the chivalry books and perhaps all other prior fiction, Cervantes’ story deeply investigates
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Why isn't the world...
So why isn’t the planet covered in the stuff? You can thank the humble dung beetle for eating up the excess. Capable of burying 250 times their body weight in a single night, these valiant insects make quick work of an endless stream of feces.
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How to defeat a dragon...
They rode towards him on their valiant steeds and attacked. First Multiplication, then Parentheses, but that didn't work. The dragon continued eating people. So Addition tried, but was thrown aside.
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Amanda Bennett: We need...
Maybe we need a new story, not a story about giving up the fight or of hopelessness, but rather a story of victory and triumph, of a valiant battle and, eventually,
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Can you solve the risky...
Luckily, your mainframe is much smaller. You make the valiant sacrifice and your team rushes in, destroying the corruption and freeing the system.
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The four D’s to help...
tried our best over the next year's as Chris went through chemotherapy radiation stem cell transplant he felt violent valiantly against all the
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What's a Meerkat's...
of valiant failures this was a Eureka moment crumbs of boiled egg don't change the meerkats behavior in the wild but they
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Sea Lion vs. Penguin PIPE...
penguin makes a valiant attempt to escape it proves no match for the giant sea lion
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Bombardier Beetle Sprays...
the valiant ants drive him off straight into real danger a mongoose its
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Mark Bezos: A life...
where, not surprisingly, his received much more attention than did mine. A few weeks later, the department received a letter from the homeowner thanking us for the valiant effort displayed in saving her home. The act of kindness she noted above all
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Why should you read "Don...
and leaves his village in search of glory. Cervantes’ novel unfolds as a collection of episodes detailing the mishaps of the valiant knight. Yet unlike the chivalry books and perhaps all other prior fiction, Cervantes’ story deeply investigates
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Why isn't the world...
So why isn’t the planet covered in the stuff? You can thank the humble dung beetle for eating up the excess. Capable of burying 250 times their body weight in a single night, these valiant insects make quick work of an endless stream of feces.
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How to defeat a dragon...
They rode towards him on their valiant steeds and attacked. First Multiplication, then Parentheses, but that didn't work. The dragon continued eating people. So Addition tried, but was thrown aside.
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Amanda Bennett: We need...
Maybe we need a new story, not a story about giving up the fight or of hopelessness, but rather a story of victory and triumph, of a valiant battle and, eventually,
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Can you solve the risky...
Luckily, your mainframe is much smaller. You make the valiant sacrifice and your team rushes in, destroying the corruption and freeing the system.
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The four D’s to help...
tried our best over the next year's as Chris went through chemotherapy radiation stem cell transplant he felt violent valiantly against all the
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What's a Meerkat's...
of valiant failures this was a Eureka moment crumbs of boiled egg don't change the meerkats behavior in the wild but they
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Sea Lion vs. Penguin PIPE...
penguin makes a valiant attempt to escape it proves no match for the giant sea lion
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Bombardier Beetle Sprays...
the valiant ants drive him off straight into real danger a mongoose its
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Henry B. Eyring
American Leader
God's purpose in creation was to let us prove ourselves. The plan was explained to us in the spirit world before we were born. We were valiant enough there to qualify for the opportunity to choose against temptation here to prepare for eternal life, the greatest of all the gifts of God.
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Mazie Hirono
American Politician
My deep emotional connection to my mother, a remarkable woman who made a hard choice to save her children, and who valiantly struggled to care for us as a single parent, is the current that has driven my entire life. Everything I've accomplished is a testament to her fortitude.
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Harry Belafonte
American Musician
Poverty was my mother's midwife. She had her children in poverty. But she also found a road to bring us a sense of purpose, and she taught us how to be valiant in the face of oppression.
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Judge Reinhold
American Actor
People are flooded with information every day, and normal guys everywhere try valiantly to stay up with all the technology. But they can't quite do it. I know how those guys feel.
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George Crabbe
English Poet
To show the world what long experience gains, requires not courage, though it calls for pains; but at life's outset to inform mankind is a bold effort of a valiant mind.
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George Ball
American Politician
Not only must Americans admire Israel, there can be no doubt that we have an interest in, and special responsibility for, that valiant nation.
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William Tecumseh Sherman
American Soldier
You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
American Actor
The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire someone else to be creative.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.
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Philip Massinger
English Dramatist
He is not valiant that dares die, but he that boldly bears calamity.
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Henry B. Eyring
American Leader
God's purpose in creation was to let us prove ourselves. The plan was explained to us in the spirit world before we were born. We were valiant enough there to qualify for the opportunity to choose against temptation here to prepare for eternal life, the greatest of all the gifts of God.
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Mazie Hirono
American Politician
My deep emotional connection to my mother, a remarkable woman who made a hard choice to save her children, and who valiantly struggled to care for us as a single parent, is the current that has driven my entire life. Everything I've accomplished is a testament to her fortitude.
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Harry Belafonte
American Musician
Poverty was my mother's midwife. She had her children in poverty. But she also found a road to bring us a sense of purpose, and she taught us how to be valiant in the face of oppression.
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Judge Reinhold
American Actor
People are flooded with information every day, and normal guys everywhere try valiantly to stay up with all the technology. But they can't quite do it. I know how those guys feel.
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George Crabbe
English Poet
To show the world what long experience gains, requires not courage, though it calls for pains; but at life's outset to inform mankind is a bold effort of a valiant mind.
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George Ball
American Politician
Not only must Americans admire Israel, there can be no doubt that we have an interest in, and special responsibility for, that valiant nation.
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William Tecumseh Sherman
American Soldier
You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
American Actor
The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire someone else to be creative.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.
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Philip Massinger
English Dramatist
He is not valiant that dares die, but he that boldly bears calamity.
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