as in valiant
feeling or displaying no fear by temperament standing up for what is right, especially if it's unpopular, is about the guttiest thing a person can do

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Recent Examples of gutty The Cavs -- the league’s No. 2 overall defense that’s being buoyed by a couple dominant performances and gutty second-half turnarounds -- are 19th in defensive rating in first quarters and 16th in the second. Chris Fedor, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2022 One thing the Longhorns need is a healthy quarterback after losing starter Quinn Ewers early and watching backup Hudson Card limp his way through a gutty performance. Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2022 But the Cleveland Cavaliers held off a gutty fourth-quarter comeback effort by the Detroit Pistons, improving their mark to 2-2 with a narrow 82-79 win on Thursday evening. Tim Bielik, cleveland, 16 July 2022 For Mexico, Monday’s gutty effort, by far its best of the tournament, showed why the country entered the competition with high hopes. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2022 See All Example Sentences for gutty
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Adjective
  • Still, Jurassic World Rebirth makes a valiant effort to put its own terrifying spin on the source material.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 3 July 2025
  • Despite his valiant efforts, however, Gi-hun doesn’t make it out of this story alive.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • That means listening to the courageous parents and former yeshiva students who have spoken out and sounded the alarm — and being willing to stand up to entrenched interests when the stakes are as high as a child’s future.
    Adina Mermelstein Konikoff, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025
  • In tennis, Billie Jean King was a courageous first.
    Shelley Zalis, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Adjective
  • Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar applauded its brave storytelling.
    Olivia Pinnock, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • The mayor and the county commissioners should join us and be brave with us.
    Sister Ann Kendrick, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2025
Adjective
  • Our evolution lives in fabric, form and fearless self-expression.
    Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 25 July 2025
  • At the top were leaders like the character played by Matthew McConaughey—fast-talking, endlessly confident, seemingly fearless.
    Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Adjective
  • Depicted is a serpentine landscape where the heroic raid took place.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
  • In a heroic effort to distract the demogorgons so his friends could kill Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower), Eddie meets his demise after being brutally murdered in the Upside Down.
    Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 16 July 2025
Adjective
  • In 1951, George Reeves played the gallant superhero in the first feature film based on a DC Comics character, Superman and the Mole Man.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 11 July 2025
  • Fiennes exhibits that side of him without apology, which only makes his gallant side feel all the more genuine.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
Adjective
  • Christina Aguilera is seen on July 22 with a bold red lip at The Savoy Theatre for the world premiere of Burlesque: The Musical in London.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 24 July 2025
  • There’s still another week to catch this bold, new group exhibition of 50 artists’ works created to fill gaps in history, reframe present-day narratives, and imagine alternative futures.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 24 July 2025

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“Gutty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gutty. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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