Sentence examples for is courageous for from inspiring English sources

Gov. James E. McGreevey was forthright in last week's press conference, and he is courageous for stepping down.

It is a little like saying that Christopher Hitchens is courageous for breaking with other leftist writers by supporting the war on terror.

McInnis elaborated, "The Exclusive Brethren is a conservative Christian sect with a scrappy, pit-bull attitude towards the outside world, and Michael Bachelard is courageous for investigating it.

New Statesman journalist Jeremy Sare commented on the public outrage and defended EastEnders decision to air the storyline, writing: :"There may be some justification for the hundreds complaining about these distressing issues being presented in prime time: equally it is courageous for the Beeb to include a scenario which challenges the public's perception of what is a 'typical paedophile'.

I think that people are courageous for trying something totally new or foreign to them.

And we have come to expect Labor to take modest steps on social issues that don't push the boundaries too far – it would have been courageous for Labor to support same-sex marriage a decade ago; it is not now.

So it was courageous for the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, in their St David's Day concert, to nail the colours of the dragon to the mast and resurrect a work with an almost mythical status.

They are applauded, and some are rewarded, as being courageous for making a happy new life for themselves with their new love.

Meanwhile, Lacey Schwimmer, who is partnered with controversial contestant Chaz Bono this season, felt that Maks was courageous for standing up to the judges.

And yet, owing to Jeffrey Tambor's nervy performance, we also see that Maura is courageous just for refusing to disappear, to shrivel into little-old-ladyhood.

This is courageous, if frustrating for viewers.