How to Use courageous in a Sentence

courageous

adjective

• She was a courageous woman who wasn't afraid to support unpopular causes.
• The latter would be at once the courageous and the prudent course.
  — David Bromwich, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
• That kind of police work is amazing, risky and courageous.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 12 Nov. 2020
• These were just those courageous enough to answer truthfully.
  — Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
• But lockdowns have provided more time to be patient and courageous in the kitchen.
  — Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2020
• Local mayors and governors did not want to take courageous stands that could have saved lives.
  — Kirti Shanker, National Review, 26 Oct. 2020
• His courageous fight against cancer was an inspiration to all, and his charitable work touched countless lives.
  — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 8 Nov. 2020
• Its publisher has hailed the governor’s courageous honesty.
  — Joe Sexton, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2020
• By the courageous, determined, and inspiring efforts in the face of the utmost danger, Pfc.
  — Drew Broach | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 10 Nov. 2020
• Jones has written an important and timely volume on courageous Black women who shaped history.
  — Marjoleine Kars, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2020
• Because a country able to foster courageous individuals willing to put themselves on the line for a greater, just cause cannot be morally corroded.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2020
• Kutt's family decided to donate the teen's organs, something the district attorney hailed as a courageous decision.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2020
• There’s a dancing-on-the-edge vibe to it all, a sense of courageous frailty.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2023
• The best leaders are courageous enough to change their minds when the facts change.
  — Gleb Tsipursky, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2022
• So here’s a courageous effort to come up with the top 10 teams.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2024
• The most courageous act is still to think for yourself.
  — Mitchell Wellman, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2021
• So, who among us will be courageous enough to try this style for real?
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 29 June 2022
• Thanks so much for your time this morning, Mr. White, and your courageous work.
  — ABC News, 19 Nov. 2023
• This is all to say that the ETSU players aren't just courageous.
  — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2021
• Those with this sign are courageous, strong-willed and carefree.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2023
• Their mother, Pinson, said the boys taught her how to love and be courageous.
  — Slone Terranella, Detroit Free Press, 14 Jan. 2021
• The pale stretch of her legs is courageous for the twenty-degree weather.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2021
• The women of Afghanistan continue to be the most courageous people on earth.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022
• From age 4 until the last few days of 17 years, Fuller fought a courageous fight against cancer.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 6 Oct. 2021
• In the video of the courageous rescue, fire officials are seen plotting their path to the startled deer in the middle of the lake.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2023
• But Eva was the big thing—so courageous and cosmopolitan.
  — Chantel Tattoli, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2023
• At first the treatment seemed to help, but the courageous 10-year-old died earlier this month.
  — David A. Shaywitz, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2021
• At the outset of her career, Chicago was alert and courageous.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
• There are more courageous people and more experts who can do that.
  — David Marchese David Marchese, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2023
• The series follows her courageous lead, becoming an antidote to the doom-and-gloom dramas that dominate our culture (not to mention a ray of light in a world that can seem irrepressibly dark).
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Dec 2024