Sentence examples for the chivalry from inspiring English sources
noun
Cavalry; horsemen armed for battle.
Nineteenth-century romanticism enhanced the "chivalry" image.
"Besides, it is part of the chivalry that I like".
The chivalry of the Canadians left the Dutch dumbstruck.
Puttermesser left too, weary of the chivalry the bluebloods showed her.
Mr. Kaplan saw potential, later describing the chivalry joke as his favorite new one.
Sated and miserable in hedonistic Rome, he looks to the chivalry of the knights crusader.
Some girls will find over-the-top chivalry annoying and perhaps even rude!
Titus Burckhardt in Moorish Culture of Spain writes that the European chivalry of the Middle Ages was learned from the Spanish Moors.
But by the 1260s chivalry was on the decline; the titles of Jacob van Maerlant's later works bear witness to a late 13th-century reaction against romance.
In the first, chivalry goes awry in the rustic countryside.
For 24 years Jock Soto was a star at the New York City Ballet, an exemplar of the nobility, chivalry and power that classical dance demands of its men.
