adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
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Although normally quietly spoken, he would be most courageous in facing hostility in discussion, even from large groups of people.
very
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She was not perhaps very courageous , which was unexpected in one of her ancestry.
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But Alvin was scared and very courageous simultaneously.
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Belts the ball a mile, fun to watch, very courageous .
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Some of those experiences he had to be very courageous to deal with.
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Nigel Lawson took a very courageous decision in the war against inflation.
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It was very courageous to do that role.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After a courageous struggle against cancer, Garcia died at the age of thirty.
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But for the actions of a few courageous individuals, we might all have died.
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Few will forget her courageous stand against inequality and injustice.
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King was a courageous leader who confronted the racist attitudes of his time.
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Parker said the judge's decision was courageous .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Between 1868 and 1874 Gladstone pursued a courageous and energetic campaign which reformed the State.
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He is aided by the courageous local newspaper editor and a retired missionary woman.
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I presented the Amway plan to a young sailor who was a member of the tough and courageous Navy Seals.
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Later still, in a Medieval bestiary, three courageous birds are shown in the act of attacking an owl's head.
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Some of these experiments were heart-felt and courageous attempts to find a new way.
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They are courageous , strong, quick and agile.