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How to use the word courageous in a Sentence?

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To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life.

T. S. Eliot

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7 months ago

The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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8 months ago

Today marks the successful culmination of Mrs. Bryant’s courageous battle to hold accountable those who engaged in this grotesque conduct, she fought for her husband, her daughter, and all those in the community whose deceased family were treated with similar disrespect. We hope her victory at trial and this settlement will put an end to this practice.

Luis Li

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We have gathered here, in fact, for a festive event, but I know – just now I was listening to the country’s top military leadership – that right at this moment, there is a battle going on on our historical borders for our people, it is being led by the same courageous fighters who are now standing next to us here. They fight heroically, courageously, bravely. We are proud of them. We are proud, so three cheers in their honor!

Vladimir Putin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Biden, having received security guarantees in advance, finally went to Kyiv, and of course, there were mutual incantations about the victory that would come with new weapons and a courageous people. And here it is important to note that the West already delivers weapons and money to Kyiv quite regularly. In huge quantities, allowing the military-industrial complex of NATO countries to earn money and steal weapons to sell to terrorists around the world.

Dmitry Medvedev

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Acceptance is not passivity. It is a courageous step in the process of transformation.

Jack Kornfield

added by Normando
1 year ago

The Iranian government needs to end its systemic persecution of women and allow peaceful protest. The United States will continue to voice our support for human rights in Iran and hold those who violate them to account, mahsa Amini was a courageous woman whose death in Morality Police custody was yet another act of brutality by the Iranian regime’s security forces against its own people.

David Dee

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Mahsa Amini was a courageous woman whose death in Morality Police custody was yet another act of brutality by the Iranian regime's security forces against its own people, we condemn this unconscionable act in the strongest terms and call on the Iranian government to end its violence against women and its ongoing violent crackdown on free expression and assembly.

Janet Yellen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think he is going to be considered one of our greatest justices. And he's an originalist who had the courage to apply the Constitution and be faithful to the Constitution into the text of statute come what may. And that's what triggers the left, is that he is a Black conservative who dares to have his own thoughts, and that's what drives the left crazy and enrages them, his legacy is a courageous justice who faithfully applied the Constitution and faithfully applied, you know, statutes and recognized his role in our constitutional system, which is the greatest respect you can give to the Constitution in our structure of government.

Mark Paoletta

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I commend the excellent work of the police dispatcher and call taker, with our Emergency Communications Center, as well as the courageous acts of our officers potentially going into a dangerous and unstable situation to arrest this suspect.

Marcus Jones

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Today we filed the 24th case alleging sexual misconduct against Deshaun Watson. The allegations made in this new case are strikingly similar to those made by many of the other victims. Lost in the media frenzy surrounding Deshaun Watson is that these are 24 strong, courageous women who, despite ridicule, legal shenanigans and intense media scrutiny, continue to stand firm for what is right.

Tony Buzbee

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

First of all, I would like to thank you for a very courageous act, because we understand what it takes for the Olena Zelenska first lady to come here during a war when the military actions are taking place every day, where the air sirens are happening every day, even today. We all feel your support and we all feel the leadership of the Olena Zelenska President but we would like to note that the Mother's Day is a very symbolic day for us because we also feel your love and support during such an important day.

Olena Zelenska

Found on CNN
1 year ago

My mom fought cancer for seven years in her unshakably optimistic and courageous way, she always ended phone calls with a laugh, a habit acquired during the 22 years of her incarceration, when she wanted to leave every person she spoke with, especially me, with joy and hope.

Chesa Boudin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I was courageous enough to stand up and say I felt unsafe, and as [ with ] most athletes in that environment, they're usually not believed, not trusted and shoved aside.

Kaillie Humphries

Found on CNN
2 years ago

President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine been brave and courageous, and they are engaged in leading the struggle between democracy and autocracy, between freedom and tyranny, between truth and propaganda.

Hakeem Jeffries

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We’re not here as Republicans or Democrats, but really as Americans supporting our NATO Ally, Poland, and the people of Ukraine, we stand with you. We just had a video conference with President Zelenskyy, one of the most courageous individuals I’ve ever seen. Very inspiring. And the chairman’s right:Mr. Putin is a war criminal, he’s going to lose in the end, and we want to work with you and the administration to … bring him to justice and stop the bloodshed. And again, I just want to thank Poland and the people of Ukraine.We are with you, and we will do everything we can to stop this.

Michael McCaul

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

His courageous decision to remain in Kyiv has clearly strengthened the resolve of the Ukrainian military and inspired ordinary citizens to stand and fight against the invaders.

James Anderson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Life is a mission, not a competition. Ignore society timeline and go after your goal at your pace. Everyone is unique in their own way. Learn to be comfortable in your skin and courageous in your ability. It's never too late, so focus your energy and time on perfecting your craft.

Tristain Shury

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2 years ago

The world has seen that Ukrainians are powerful, Ukrainians are courageous, they're on their native land, and they're never going to give it up to anyone. They will never betray it.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.Zelensky

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We know that they don't deserve what is happening to them and hope, and pray, that they can be courageous, but also remain safe during this time.

Elizabeth Pipko

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The barbaric imprisonment and execution of the courageous pro-democracy activists must finally end.

Russ Fulcher

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It was more flick of his wrist from behind me when I was having lunch as he cowardly approached me from behind and ran away. This guy is not known as a very courageous guy. Actually, he’s quite a coward and appeared to be under the influence.

The Miami commissioner

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Lives were lost and many were injured, but thanks to the courageous action of the Capitol Police and federal law enforcement, violence was quelled, the Capitol was secured and we reconvened the Congress that very same day to finish our work under the Constitution of the United States and the laws of this country.

Mike Pence

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The NFL was a dramatic and courageous act on Colin Kaepernick taking a knee part because history would tell anybody that pays attention that it would be really unlikely Colin Kaepernick taking a knee'll get a coaching job after that, to have the guts to share the things Colin Kaepernick taking a knee did really opened up a discussion that was already opened but now in a much more dramatic way. This an insider as opposed to someone from the outside talking about what needs to happen and what has happened.

Richard Lapchick

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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