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Example sentences for "bravest"

Lexicographically close words:
bravely; braver; braveries; bravery; braves; bravi; braving; bravo; bravoes; bravos
  1. Many tried to possess himself of the sword, but none could draw it from the oak, till Sigmund, the bravest of Volsung's sons, laid his hand upon its hilt.

  2. Thursday (Thors-dœg) was dedicated to the adoration of Thor, the bravest of the sons of Odin.

  3. When their army is ranged in battle," says Diodorus, "some of them are often seen advancing from the ranks to challenge the bravest of their enemies to single combat.

  4. It was written "by the hearth of him who is the bravest she shall keep eternal vigil.

  5. In truth he was the bravest that this earth has ever known.

  6. It was the bravest stand that thou hast ever made.

  7. My progress was rapid, and I was soon renowned as one of the best and bravest hunters of the tribes.

  8. A few minutes' delay, and one of the bravest men I have known will be dead.

  9. I ran up to Tom Smithers--your honor didn't know Tom, but he was one of the bravest men that ever lived.

  10. The bravest and truest man who ever wore a blue jacket.

  11. Let us with double splendor now repeat That festival, with prizes that shall draw From all your kingdom and the neighbor states Their fairest women and their bravest men.

  12. Most of his companions were Gauls and Thracians, the bravest of men, who bore confinement with small patience.

  13. And he had hope, too, that when it was discovered that he and his bravest men had fled eastward, pursuit would be attracted in that direction, and the poor fugitives in the woods left unmolested, at least for the present.

  14. The bravest and best known of all the American seamen of this time was John Paul Jones.

  15. Daniel Morgan and his sharpshooters, posted behind trees, carefully singled out the bravest men, and shot them with unerring aim.

  16. And this was no wonder, for courageous although she might be, her mission was one which must strike terror in the bravest heart.

  17. Surely that were enough to give nerve to a letterless ploughboy, much less the only son of the bravest gentleman in the county of Essex.

  18. If he were fittingly attired he would be the bravest looking man in the room.

  19. He lulled Rollo into security by an insidious peace and falling suddenly upon him, murdered his brother and his bravest officers, and forced him to fly for safety into Scandinavia.

  20. With this view, having manned his galleys with some of the bravest of his troops, he commanded them to advance against the enemy's fleet, while he himself took his post at the head of his men on the mole.

  21. Thus our extreme companies will both outflank the line of the enemy, and, as we march in file, the bravest of our men will close with the enemy first, and wherever the ascent is easiest, there each division will direct its course.

  22. Because they are haunted, that is all, and even the bravest dread the sight of a ghost.

  23. I see them moving about, the shapes of all those long-forgotten men and women, arrayed in their bravest garments and rude ornaments of gold and silver, for a great company had been bidden, many of whom came from far.

  24. Such was the famous Jean Cavalier when the Royalists first learned of his existence, through the repulse of their bravest troops and the death of their most intrepid captain.

  25. The bravest man turns pale when he finds himself face to face with sudden inevitable death, and he who threatened seemed to be one who would, without hesitation, carry out his threats.

  26. After an hour's struggle man to man, Caesar was forced to retire, leaving two thousand men in the trenches about the town, and among the two thousand one of his bravest condottieri, Valentino Farnese.

  27. Louis of Tarentum jumped into a boat, followed by some ten of his bravest men, and, rowing rapidly, reached the ship.

  28. Collecting his bravest soldiers round him, he prepared for a last rush on Omar Pacha; when, suddenly, with an inspiration born of despair, he ordered his ammunition waggons to be blown up.

  29. Murray was at Glasgow when he heard of the queen's escape: the place was strong; he decided to hold it, and summoned to him his bravest and most devoted partisans.

  30. The king accordingly, following the advice of his wisest and bravest captains, thus arranged his divisions.

  31. Villars regarded him with growing astonishment; for he could not believe that in the young man, or rather boy, before him he saw the terrible Cevenol chief, whose name alone made the bravest soldiers tremble.

  32. Foix gave the necessary orders, chose a hundred of his bravest men, put himself at their head, and joined M.

  33. Those," said they, "who were the most boastful and bravest clad of men.

  34. Then Hallgerda said--"It stands me in little stead to have the bravest man in Iceland if thou dost not avenge this, Gunnar!

  35. Ingialld was a tall man and a strong, and slow to meddle with other men's business, one of the bravest of men, and very bountiful to his friends.

  36. The Spaniards of the days of Pizarro and Cortes, like their contemporaries, the English admirals, courted war as a mistress, and strove to meet her in their bravest array.

  37. Don Bernaldo Guillen de Entenza was major-domo of Aragon, and one of the bravest knights in the train of King Jaime I.

  38. As they sat at table, all the heroes together vied with each other in lauding the prowess of Theodoric, till they had pronounced him the bravest sword of which the whole world could boast.

  39. I'll warrant he'll bring the bravest drinking-horn!

  40. Garcilasso, himself a mestee, says that Don Diego was the bravest Mestizo, or son of a Spaniard by an Indian woman, that ever the New World produced.

  41. Who shall look into his heart, one of the bravest and truest that ever beat?

  42. Ian noticed that, whereas his mother and the two girls kept up better than he thought they could, the Father showed signs of exhaustion, though he did his bravest to hide it.

  43. Thus died on the field of victory, which atoned for previous misfortunes, one of the bravest and best officers of the British army.

  44. It was he whose sword, hewing down obstacles which her bravest monarchs had accounted insurmountable, had cut the way to her now undeniable supremacy over Europe.


  45. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bravest" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.