CHIVALROUS in a Sentence

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12 example sentences for CHIVALROUS, such as:

1. He need not be so falsely chivalrous.
2. It is faithful, brave, chivalric, loving, devoted.
3. You've a whim to try your chivalrous spirit upon me.
4. Toward his royal captive he behaved in chivalrous fashion.
5. He took the more chivalrous view, however, and preserved her secret.

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 Meanings and Examples of CHIVALROUS
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chivalrous
 a.  having qualities of ideal knight; faithful; brave
Classic Sentence:
1  And well and chivalrous did De Bracy that day maintain the fame he had acquired in the civil wars of that dreadful period.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
2  The arrest of my unfortunate brother forms no such good title to the high office of Chancellor, as thy chivalrous and courageous denial establishes in thee to the truncheon of High Marshal.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
3  This enclosure was formed on a piece of level ground adjoining to the Preceptory, which had been levelled with care, for the exercise of military and chivalrous sports.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
4  He need not be so falsely chivalrous.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
5  'Some men are chivalrous and don't only count what they get out of a woman,' said Hilda.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
6  He took the more chivalrous view, however, and preserved her secret.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
7  The high object of our mission, the consciousness that it was unselfish and chivalrous, the villainous character of our opponent, all added to the sporting interest of the adventure.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
8  You've a whim to try your chivalrous spirit upon me.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
9  It was evident that without suspecting it, and actuated solely by their chivalrous and adventurous character, our three friends had just rendered a service to someone the cardinal honored with his special protection.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 44 THE UTILITY OF STOVEPIPES
10  It is faithful, brave, chivalric, loving, devoted.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III—REQUIESCANT
11  Bonacieux, the respectable martyr of the political and amorous intrigues which entangled themselves so nicely together at this gallant and chivalric period.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 13 MONSIEUR BONACIEUX
Example Sentence:
1  Toward his royal captive he behaved in chivalrous fashion.