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
• For his calm and valor under fire he was awarded the Bronze Star.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2021
• In the end, there was no valor or righteousness, just tragedy.
  — Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• First authorized in 1861, the honor is the highest medal for valor in combat.
  — Jeremy Redmon, ajc, 20 May 2021
• And yet, three paragraphs in, the report also mentioned valor, hailing the crew’s courage and will to survive.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 12 Apr. 2023
• Yet the valor and skill of those reporters and editors don’t outweigh the larger trends at Gannett.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022
• He was wounded, earning a Purple Heart as well as a Silver Star for valor.
  — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
• The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest award for military valor.
  — CBS News, 4 July 2022
• The Medal of Honor is the nation’s highest award for military valor.
  — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 4 July 2022
• Courage is bravery, valor, standing up to danger, guts and nerve all rolled into one.
  — Harvey MacKay, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2022
• What valor is there in straddling a boulder with almost a foot of ground clearance beneath you?
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 20 Sep. 2022
• Butler is 53 now, and his hardass Scottish valor is aging like fine wine — or, at least, pretty good ale.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Jan. 2023
• First responders are cherished for their valor and are in our prayers daily.
  — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 15 Apr. 2020
• Dole received two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star for valor for his efforts to aid a fellow soldier at the time he was wounded.
  — al, 10 Dec. 2021
• Among his many awards and decorations were 29 for valor.
  — CBS News, 17 July 2022
• The red stripe is for valor, the white stripe for purity and the blue stripe for justice, vigilance and permanency.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2023
• This is one of our nation's highest awards for valor, and the only one presented to a female civilian during the war.
  — CBS News, 17 June 2020
• Jared, who was promoted from staff sergeant to sergeant first class posthumously, also had been awarded the Bronze Star for valor and the Purple Heart.
  — Bryan Marquard, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
• One of the many gifts that Zelensky and the Ukrainian people have provided in the past year is the example of their valor and their sanity.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2023
• He’s been awarded a posthumous Navy and Marine Corps Medal, the highest award for non-combat valor.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024