How to Use valor in a Sentence

valor

noun

• The soldiers received the nation's highest award for valor.
• And there is valor in love, even love that ends in tragedy.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 6 Oct. 2020
• James Essig of the 19th Precinct, among the first on the scene, was awarded a medal for valor.
  — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 16 June 2021
• The French awarded all 171 soldiers the Croix de Guerre for valor.
  — Radhika Chalasani, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2021
• Even as the crowd cheered the handlers for their valor, the specter of dangerous mishaps dogged the parade.
  — Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2019
• Velasquez said, praising her strength and valor in the job.
  — Washington Post, 8 May 2018
• For his calm and valor under fire he was awarded the Bronze Star.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2021
• On the base are the words valor, endurance, courage and devotion.
  — Ann E. Marimow, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2017
• Miller was the first African American to receive the Navy Cross for valor.
  — USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2020
• In the end, there was no valor or righteousness, just tragedy.
  — Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2020
• Putting your life on the line for others is the ultimate valor.
  — Dominick Mastrangelo, Washington Examiner, 13 Jan. 2020
• This could be the gift that Ukraine deserves, the gift that their valor and sacrifice has more than earned.
  — Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2023
• He was given a medal for valor by one of the world’s great generals.
  — Washington Post, 24 June 2019
• For his valor, he was honored as one of the 2019 Outstanding Airmen of the Year.
  — CBS News, 26 Sep. 2019
• As for the colors, the red stripes are for valor and the white stripes are for purity and innocence.
  — Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 14 June 2024
• And that tableau of the dwarf making a leap with his ax for the valor, and that being the last thing Durin IV ever sees of his father.
  — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
• Some of the recognition for his valor arrived late in his life.
  — Bryan Marquard, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2018
• The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest award for valor in combat.
  — Peter Dawson, Houston Chronicle, 11 Nov. 2019
• Karin Rosenberg, who first met her husband in the 1980s, knew nothing of his valor for years.
  — New York Times, 17 Nov. 2021
• Joe was shot in the back dragging the soldier to safety, an act of heroism that earned him the Bronze Star with a brass V for valor.
  — New York Times, 31 Aug. 2021
• For their valor, Galadriel and her team are to sail to the mystical Undying Lands and live the rest of their days as all elves should.
  — Michael Nordine, Variety, 1 Sep. 2022
• The valor is not in remaining at risk for catching a bullet but in making the choice to avoid it.
  — Sari Botton, Longreads, 30 Jan. 2018
• Headhunting went from being an act of valor to a crime.
  — Aurora Almendral, New York Times, 15 May 2017
• Which for us was not correct, that was not the appropriate award for their kind of valor.
  — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023
• Their common threads are the valor, skill and luck that kept most of them alive and earned them their country’s highest honor.
  — Jonathan W. Jordan, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2022
• Gallagher, who served eight tours of duty and earned two Bronze Stars for valor, was in the courtroom in his dress uniform with a chest full of medals.
  — CBS News, 20 June 2019
• Stephan, a police sergeant who was honored for his valor and who transitioned while on the job, was framed against his squad car.
  — Penelope Green, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
• And at some point, discretion becomes the better part of valor, right?
  — Sean Meagher, OregonLive.com, 20 May 2018
• First authorized in 1861, the honor is the highest medal for valor in combat.
  — Jeremy Redmon, ajc, 20 May 2021
• Even the tales of valor brought back by one of the treasure hunters is disquieting to her — her first visitor at night is a thief, the other a liar.
  — Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Dec 2024