Sentence examples for daring exploit from inspiring English sources

The distinctive red plume, worn in contrast to the white plume of other Highland regiments, was authorized for the Black Watch by King George III in recognition of a daring exploit during the French Revolutionary Wars.

Their most daring exploit was to hijack trucks laden with food meant for the poor that was being taken to be sold for profit at the market by corrupt officials.

But when they were come in safety to Publicola, he bestowed no admiration or affection upon them, but was distressed because he would be thought less true to his word than Porsena, and because the daring exploit of the maidens would be called a base fraud on the part of p553 the Romans.

Like an impossible feat that begins with silence and a drum roll, the Big Apple Circus braces for its most daring exploit yet - survival.

For his daring exploit, Hamilton was made a knight by letters patent, a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (2 January 1815), and eventually became a baronet (20 October 1818).

Their designs were often very daring, exploiting all the latent and previously unexplored possibilities of iron.

They were the hub around whom novels, short stories, films and TV series were made to satisfy the hunger of audiences for their adventures, their good deeds and daring exploits against despots and exploiters; romantic heroes women yearned after because they were free, mysterious, dashing, fearless, righteous and appeared and disappeared at will.

During his service he performed many daring exploits, including the bombing of Constantinople.

Mr. Murphy's daring exploits seem almost like a video game caricature.

U.S. naval officer who won acclaim for his daring exploits for the Union during the American Civil War (1861 65).

In these movies, Anderson emerged as an heir to the likes of Ernest Hemingway and Howard Hawks, rugged adventurers whose daring exploits were matched by their dandyish style statements.