In a pinch, against anything bigger than a platoon, the best Dixon could hope for was a valiant last stand.

Between the dwarves' valiant stand and Alustriel's firestorm, the enemy forces were sliced apart.

Meanwhile, his initial contingent of knights fought their way down to the gate itself, where the Arabs made a valiant stand.

Last year Simsbury made a valiant stand to stem the tide of radical growth by imposing a year's moratorium on zoning changes and new building construction.

He cheered the valiant stand of Garrant's men, and finally breathed again when they were relieved by the charging cavalry.

A valiant stand by local volunteers of old men and boys, with help from surrounding counties, gathered almost a force of nearly 1,000, which halted the 5,000 well-armed troops.

She quickly discerned that her friends had made their valiant stand behind the small counter at the back of the hall.

The Indians drove from their own 23-yard line to the Cornhusker one-yard line before a valiant goal-line stand by Nebraska denied Stanford the end zone.

The troops of Doncastle made a valiant stand at the King's Gate.

"Stranger, go tell the Spartans that here we lie, obedient to their command," Caesar read off the stone commemorating that valiant last stand.