Sentence examples for expressions of courage from inspiring English sources

Individuality and rebellion were expressions of courage.

Further, Amy and Kim say that, as same-sex parents, their feelings of love and their expressions of courage are especially strong because they view having their own children as a blessed gift, albeit one with untraditional pitfalls owing to both race and sex.

When the march had concluded, and I had expressed my astonishment in an e-mail to an American, it was met with a slightly grumpy reply, in which the writer noted similar expressions of courage after the 9/11 attacks on New York's Twin Towers.

It's time for bullfighting aficionados to concede that purposely inflicting torment falls far short of sport or a noble expression of courage.

A picture such as The Broken Column seems to give us her pain as almost no other; her body stuck with nails, the pale tears on her cheeks, the expression of terrible courage.

It all happened in a fraction of a second at a speed approaching 50mph, the perfect expression of the blend of courage, incisiveness and speed that makes Hoy such a supreme competitor.

In 2012, she was awarded one of that year's Courage Award for the Arts by her longtime friend Yoko Ono, which Ono created to "recognize artists, musicians, collectors, curators, writers those who sought the truth in their work and had the courage to stick to it, no matter what" and "honor their work as an expression of my vision of courage".

Signatories to the statement include Article 19, the International Press Institute and the PEN American Center, which faced upheaval last year over its decision to honour Charlie Hebdo as winner of its "freedom of expression courage award".

Epstein was one of more than 200 writers who signed a letter disassociating themselves from PEN American Center's choice of the French satirical magazine, where 12 people were killed by gunmen in January, as winner of its "Freedom of Expression Courage award" last month.

But before being shocked, recall how everyone from Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau to 145 members of PEN -- who protested the group's honoring of Charlie Hebdo with its freedom of expression courage award -- submitted their own "I condemn the murders, but... .. statements.

The French satirical weekly is to receive the PEN American Center's Toni and James C Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage award at a gala as part of the PEN World Voices festival.