How to Use chivalric in a Sentence
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In 1769, the prince of nearby Baden named him to the chivalric Order of Fidelity.
—Erick Trickey, Smithsonian, 26 Apr. 2017
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In 1769, the prince of nearby Baden named him to the chivalric Order of Fidelity.
—Erick Trickey, Smithsonian, 26 Apr. 2017
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There were plates, bowls, ice cups and serving dishes, each adorned with the chivalric order’s star and ribbon.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2018
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And what follows is a big, classic quest as the four kids journey through the countryside and learn about sword fighting, the chivalric code, teamwork, trust and the Lady of the Lake (who can be conjured in any body of water).
—Lindsey Bahr, The Seattle Times, 23 Jan. 2019
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In 2015, Welch was awarded the chivalric Order of Australia for exemplary service.
—San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Apr. 2018
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The Bible also features warrior women who emerge as chivalric figures.
—Jennifer Wollock, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2021
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The medieval era took the model of masculinity back towards basic, chivalric, Christian values, before the likes of Byron and Brummell shattered these ideas with the rise of the dandy.
—Clive Martin, CNN, 15 June 2017
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Affection for my wry, sweet-tempered father, meanwhile, left me immune to much of J.F.K.’s chivalric glamour.
—Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 22 May 2017
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Their inspiration has fired up a long series of activists who carry chivalric ideals of social justice into the present day.
—Jennifer Wollock, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2021
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The group hopes to expand this approach to study literary traditions in Spain, Italy, or other places where chivalric romances flourished.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2022
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In it, an old, retired, and slightly kooky nobleman named Alonso Quixano reads too many chivalric romances.
—Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 9 May 2018
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Yvain’s efforts to become worthy of Laudine, with the help of her sorceress servant, Lunette, are guided, and often misguided, by chivalric code.
—Maile Meloy, New York Times, 11 May 2017
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According to Sawyer, however, chivalric and historic stories would have been unlikely to find a place in monastic libraries.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2022
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The poem uses this premise as a way to examine the chivalric binds that all Arthurian knights are placed in, as the anonymous author grapples with how to maintain one’s honor while retaining possession of one’s head.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 28 July 2021
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Before our eyes, the boyish-looking Gaines grays his hair and affixes a gray mustache and beard, and his Cervantes becomes Alonso Quijano, an old country gent obsessed with the chivalric code of righting wrongs.
—Eric Marchese, Orange County Register, 5 June 2017
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Researchers also uncovered tiny fragments thought to come from a 1590 edition of a Spanish chivalric romance book, The ancient, famous and honourable history of Amadis de Gaule.
—Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2020
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In the ultimate epic novel, Don Quixote and his faithful Sancho Panza embark on an adventure to follow the values of the chivalric code: love, honor, duty, and adventure.
—Erin Coulehan, Teen Vogue, 16 Mar. 2020
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His books are romances in the chivalric mold, in which beauty, love and bravery possess a greater reality than the characters dedicated to honoring them.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2017
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Jewish laws also influenced the chivalric customs of medieval leaders.
—Jennifer Wollock, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2021
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Here and throughout his informed and insightful book, Mr. Jones makes a convincing argument that in life the Black Prince embodied the chivalric aura that radiates from his splendid effigy.
—Stephen Brumwell, WSJ, 6 June 2018
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This irreverent story of an aristocrat who reads too many chivalric romances was perfect for a broader readership.
—Martin Puchner, Smithsonian, 3 Nov. 2017
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Her personal collection focused on the medieval chivalric romance, Tristan and Isolde.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 4 Nov. 2022
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As Michael Price reports for Science magazine, a team using techniques more commonly used to track wildlife estimates that 68 percent of chivalric and heroic works produced in medieval Europe survive today.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2022
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Its aesthetic high tide was The Birth of a Nation (1915), the silver-screen culmination of sentimental plantation novels that slandered Reconstruction and reimagined slavery as a chivalric idyll.
—Julian Lucas, Harper's magazine, 10 May 2019
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Although Quixote’s obsession with chivalric romance is an object of satire for Cervantes, the idea of someone inspired by heroic stories to go out seeking adventure himself is tremendously relatable and appealing.
—Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2017
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Orlando Furioso combines classical literary themes with chivalric romance and science fiction.
—Jessica Riskin, The New York Review of Books, 23 Feb. 2021
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Crane's 'battle pictures' of the Civil War debunk the narrative strategies of popular fiction of his day–chivalric historical romances, popular war novels with domestic subplots, veterans' martial memoirs....
—Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 3 Oct. 2017
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In her research, Durran found a particular use of handmade lace that reflected that chivalric sensibility and incorporated detailing from paintings and contemporary fashion pages throughout Meg’s wardrobe.
—Mary Sollosi, EW.com, 30 Dec. 2019
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