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: possessing or acting with bravery or boldness : courageous
valiant soldiers
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: marked by, exhibiting, or carried out with courage or determination : heroic
valiant feats
valiantly adverb
valiantness noun
: a valiant person
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Adjective She died last year after a valiant battle with cancer. Despite their valiant efforts, they lost the game. She made a valiant attempt to fix the problem.
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Simon Denny, Artforum, 20 Apr. 2026 Devastated by grief and horror beneath her armor, yet so valiant in public. —Time, Time, 7 Apr. 2026 In 1943, during World War II, tens of thousands of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto began a valiant but ultimately futile uprising against Nazi forces. —ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026 Until the lava of the bird’s stomach melts her valiant resins, dissolves her nomadic strength, and transforms her into a viscous secretion. —María Ospina, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for valiant
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Today’s valiant companies, by contrast, make existential, geopolitically impactful products like AI missiles. —Simon Denny, Artforum, 20 Apr. 2026 Devastated by grief and horror beneath her armor, yet so valiant in public. —Time, Time, 7 Apr. 2026 In 1943, during World War II, tens of thousands of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto began a valiant but ultimately futile uprising against Nazi forces. —ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026 Until the lava of the bird’s stomach melts her valiant resins, dissolves her nomadic strength, and transforms her into a viscous secretion. —María Ospina, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for valiant
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“Valiant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/valiant. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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