GALLANTLY in a Sentence

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68 example sentences for GALLANTLY, such as:

1. The new fighters behave gallantly under fire.
2. The gallant soldiers lost their lives so that peace might reign again.
3. The rider, who was Venn, waved his hat in the air and bowed gallantly.
4. Diana's husband is a captain in the navy, a gallant officer and a good man.
5. A fresh breeze blew from the shore, and the lordly boat ploughed her way right gallantly onward.

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 Meanings and Examples of GALLANTLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
gallantly
 ad.  in a gallant manner
Classic Sentence: (62 in 5 pages)
1  "That's a fine bevy, Ma'm," said Gerald gallantly, reining his horse alongside the carriage.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  She read the cookbook again and, like a child with a picture-book, she studied the diagram of the beef which gallantly continues to browse though it is divided into cuts.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  She had been a little bewildered upon rising, or rather, descending from her cushions, and Monsieur Ratignolle gallantly took her arm and led her away.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXX
4  The two young men, as they appeared, walked up the plank into the boat, Eliza gallantly giving her arm to Mrs. Smyth, and George attending to their baggage.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
5  A fresh breeze blew from the shore, and the lordly boat ploughed her way right gallantly onward.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
6  He gallantly offered the right-hand seat to Beppo, and sat by him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
7  "It is a road your ancestors have traced for you," said Albert gallantly.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 40. The Breakfast.
8  Laurie and his friends gallantly threw themselves into the breach, bought up the bouquets, encamped before the table, and made that corner the liveliest spot in the room.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY
9  Of course, Demi tyrannized over Daisy, and gallantly defended her from every other aggressor, while Daisy made a galley slave of herself, and adored her brother as the one perfect being in the world.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
10  Gurth, gallantly apparelled, attended as esquire upon his young master whom he had served so faithfully, and the magnanimous Wamba, decorated with a new cap and a most gorgeous set of silver bells.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
11  The rider, who was Venn, waved his hat in the air and bowed gallantly.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: 2 Thomasin Walks in a Green Place by the Roman Road
12  Mr. Browne was advancing from the door, gallantly escorting Aunt Julia, who leaned upon his arm, smiling and hanging her head.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In THE DEAD
13  But d'Artagnan, whose ideas had taken quite another course, forgot himself like a fool, and answered gallantly that it was too late to think about duels and sword thrusts.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 37 MILADY'S SECRET
14  I am asking a sacrifice but a sacrifice so small compared with the sacrifices our gallant men in gray are making that it will seem laughably small.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
15  Ladies, there will pass among you two of our gallant wounded, with baskets and-- But the rest of his speech was lost in the storm and tumult of clapping hands and cheering voices.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
Example Sentence:
1  The new fighters behave gallantly under fire.
2  Distinguishable above all, though not loud, was the sonorous voice of the master of Thornfield Hall, welcoming his fair and gallant guests under its roof.
3  Diana's husband is a captain in the navy, a gallant officer and a good man.
4  The moment a candle was lighted there was a general rush upon the owner of it; a struggle and a gallant defence followed, but the candle was soon knocked down or blown out, and then there was a glad clamor of laughter and a new chase.
5  The gallant soldiers lost their lives so that peace might reign again.
6  Despite fierce competition she made a gallant effort to win the first medal of the championships.