What is "intrepid"

Usage examples of "intrepid".

Such intrepid virtue, which had escaped pure and unsullied from the intrigues courts, the habits of business, and the arts of his profession, reflects more lustre on the memory of Papinian, than all his great employments, his numerous writings, and the superior reputation as a lawyer, which he has preserved through every age of the Roman jurisprudence.

But Balboa was one of the most daring and intrepid of them all, and to win the favor of his sovereign there was no danger he was not ready to face.

Here is a theatre for great dramas, wanting only the tragedian, The outlawed Sheikh of the Bishareen knew this full well, but, unlike others who know it, he had acted upon his convictions and revealed to wondering Egypt what Bedouin craft and a band of intrepid horsemen can do, aided by a belt of sand, and cloaked by night.

The grief of Neb and his companions, who were all strongly attached to the intrepid Harding, can be better pictured than described.

Chikuma began a steady pounding of Gambier Bay, from which even attacks by the intrepid Johnston and Heermann did not divert her.

The Protestants of France, of Germany, and of Britain, who asserted with such intrepid courage their civil and religious freedom, have been insulted by the invidious comparison between the conduct of the primitive and of the reformed Christians.

The only passes known to the Lantians were blocked in winter and difficult even for intrepid explorers the remainder of the year.

Was Leonid being condescending, the way he looked over her intrepid little plane?

But one intrepid minicam operator from CNN managed to get close enough to zoom in on the doorway, just as William A.

Intrepid primatologists have investigated the amount of sperm needed for fertilization.

He would let the dug-in grenadiers absorb the first blows of the T-34S, have them slow the Soviet charge with anti-tank fire, perhaps some of the more intrepid soldiers might hop out of their foxholes and board a few Red tanks with magnetic mines and grenades.

Gordon Giles televiews word that his intrepid band of spatial pioneers explore Jupiter in his next trilogy, which I hope our editor schedules for early arrival.

This formidable host, the like of which is not to be found in eastern history, and has scarcely been imagined in eastern romance, was discomfited in a great battle, in which the Roman Alexander proved himself an intrepid soldier and a skilful general.

The ketch in which Decatur made his daring and successful expedition was christened the Intrepid, and fitted up as a floating mine with the purpose of sending her into the harbor, and exploding her in the midst of the Tripolitan shipping.

Neptune, despite this, with an intrepid heart, carried by the honor that urges him on, he makes himself the target of all their volleys and attempts to cross that narrow passage to the enemy vessel.