gallantry

The young man is already known as "the Nutcracker" for the gallantry he shows in cracking nuts for young ladies in his father's shop.

gallantry, politesse He had a sort of instinctive chivalry in him.

If she springs on you I shall defend you and prove my poor gallantry.

He displayed great gallantry in trying to save a boy from drowning .

With consummate gallantry and intrepidity , Maj. Carswell gave his life in a supreme effort to save all members of his crew.

But if you want to feel the heat and stink of war, to know how desperation kindles gallantry and barbarism, see Black Hawk Down.

But before that it was "a cemetery where thousands are buried, with heroism and gallantry on both sides" .

but she played from memory, and he was spared the trouble his gallantry would have imposed upon him.

Opening a door for a woman is not a rare gallantry .

He didn'teven die in a fine glowed gallantry in battle, so she could brag abouthim.

No thanks to his gallantry for that.

Though in the adversity, though in the dark, we can keep chasing our dream with our gallantry by our own.

gallantry, and devotion to the public service than for unobtrusive bearing and high moral tone.

Fragonard's scenes of frivolity and gallantry are considered the embodiment of the Rococo spirit.

"For you, " said Quentyn, all awkward gallantry. "No, " said Dany. "For fire and blood. "

He won many hearts by his gallantry.

Acts of courtesy, consideration, or gallantry, especially by a suitor.

In time of war men who might easily be in jail win medals for gallantry .

For his gallantry and sheer ballsiness, he was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military award.

Only think of his gallantry in coming away before the other men!

I met him six years before, when we did a children's play together, and I quickly came to appreciate his wit and gallantry.

It scooped India's gallantry awards in 2009, when its medal count tripled over the previous year to 74 (the rest of the country got 138).

He is in line to receive three gallantry awards from the Indian government.

He likes to display gallantry In front of his girlfriend.

Surely gallantry, if not common honesty, should suggest the practical inference from this fact.

He was buried at sea, and awarded posthumously the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry that can be given to British forces.

He got a medal for his gallantry.

10--Gallantry of mind is saying the most empty things in an agreeable manner.

bravery, valor, gallantry hesitate vi.

Gallantry like that no longer exists.

I decorated an American officer for gallantry.

Men often buy women breakfast not for gallantry.

Say gallantry, while you are about it, ' suggested Carton.

Chivalry The qualities idealized by knighthood, such as bravery, courtesy, honor, and gallantry toward women.

And the Sino his gallantry on the battlefield.

She held out her hand; he kissed it with affectionate gallantry , though he hardly knew how to look, and they entered the house.

He won a medal for gallantry.

This misconception and his gallantry seemed in some way to bring her and me closer together.

"The air of faintly mocking gallantry with which he habitually treated mother" (Louis Auchincloss)

The Human Relationship and Gallantry in the Tang Dynasty