How do you use the word "doughty" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "doughty": The doughty warrior fought bravely. She was a doughty defender of justice.

Doughty Meaning

/ˈdaʊti/

Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjBold; brave, courageous.

nounA person who is bold or brave.

Sentence Examples

The doughty warrior fought bravely.

She was a doughty defender of justice.

The doughty warrior fought bravely against the giant beast.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The ____ knight charged into battle without any fear at all.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The ____ warrior fought bravely.

Word Origin & History

The adjective is derived from Middle English doughty (“brave, bold, valiant”), from Old English dohtiġ, dyhtiġ (“competent, good, strong, valiant”), from Proto-West Germanic *duhtīg. The English word may be analysed as dought + -y, and is cognate with Danish dygtig (“virtuous, proficient”), Dutch duchtig (“severe, strict”), German tüchtig (“capable, competent, efficient; big; hard”), Icelandic dygðugur (“virtuous, stable”), Scots douchty, douchtie (“bold, valiant”), Swedish duktig (“efficient; good; capable, clever, smart”). The noun is derived from the adjective.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Hurriedly he snatched up others, one or two at a time, until he had slaughtered thirty of Hrothgar's doughtiest earls." — 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 21:

"[S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams's play The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible." — 2014 November 14, Blake Bailey, “‘Tennessee Williams,’ by John Lahr [print version: Theatrical victory of art over life, International New York Times, 18 November 2014, page 13]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Aug 2019:

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