Positive character trait
Valiant
Showing courage and determination in a difficult situation.
3 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Keeps going in a serious struggle when the odds are poor and stopping would be easier.
- Puts themselves at risk to defend or rescue other people.
- Holds their ground in a hard fight, such as an illness, a flood or a lost cause, with courage that others can see.
Fits when courage is conspicuous in a serious struggle or defense of others
Not when the effort was ordinary, easy, or unsuccessful only through poor preparation
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
There is no resume line for this one: it is a word for stories, speeches, citations and eulogies, and on a resume it sounds grand. In a reference, "a valiant effort" can read as a kind word for a loss. Describe the hard situation and what came of it instead.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Reference or recommendation [Name] was valiant during [crisis or rescue]: they [stayed at their post or went back for others] when it would have been far safer to leave.
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Report card comment [Name] kept going in [the cross-country race or a hard topic] when it got difficult, and finished with real courage.
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In a story, shown not told The water was at their knees when the last car stalled. The two of them pushed it the final hundred yards in the dark, with the family still inside.
The valiant rescue crew kept searching as the weather worsened.
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