But he does not want to be remembered for derring-do. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
He also liked to play up the derring-do of his exploits. From Wordnik.com. [He Hit the Road, Found Rubber] Reference
"This is not to be an heroic tale of derring-do," he says. From Wordnik.com. [The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell] Reference
Max Manus is not just about the derring-do and narrow escapes. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Max Manus] Reference
But I mistrust derring-do even more than I mistrust cowardice. From Wordnik.com. [Locked Rooms]
To my mind, that justifies even greater Machiavellian derring-do. From Wordnik.com. [BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY] Reference
How could you not picture him when reading those feats of derring-do?. From Wordnik.com. [DVDs: Sherlock Holmes-Apalooza!] Reference
Just getting dressed for afternoon practices takes a bit of derring-do. From Wordnik.com. [A Fighting Chance] Reference
Full of high-class derring-do, it leaves you shaken, not ethically stirred. From Wordnik.com. [A Summer Book Bag] Reference
Indeed, as a foreign correspondent I actually performed acts of derring-do. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Heads Up!] Reference
Haven't I always told you, Jeff, that logical argument is better than derring-do?. From Wordnik.com. [The Norby Chronicles]
And if Ryan's derring-do strikes a tinny note, it's not entirely Affleck's fault. From Wordnik.com. [Movies: Spy Vs. Spy] Reference
To amuse himself, Bobby indulged in feats of derring-do, and took Wilkinson along. From Wordnik.com. [Bobby's Kids] Reference
Some people around college football laud Boise for their trick plays and derring-do. From Wordnik.com. [The Boise State Nightmare] Reference
Perhaps smuggling was an everyday occupation here, requiring not a modicum of derring-do. From Wordnik.com. [O Jerusalem]
They had visions of flying banners, glorious cavalry charges, feats of courage and derring-do. From Wordnik.com. [Larry Beinhart: In the Silence, War Continues] Reference
Pushing these bikes past 15 mph would require a feat of strength and death-defying derring-do. From Wordnik.com. [Capital Bikeshare dispatches first group of bikes across D.C. and Arlington] Reference
You clipped his absurd feats of derring-do from the papers the entire time I was stuck at Ionia. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
Mr. Hunt often refers to his firm as a "commando" operation, wooing customers with its derring-do. From Wordnik.com. [Hunt Denies His Political Ties Aided Kurdish Pact] Reference
NASA's feats were ones of technical derring-do, designed to show superior competence in engineering. From Wordnik.com. [Our Next Century in Space] Reference
Like Kerry, she's accused (notably by veterans) of "valor theft": laying claim to derring-do she never did. From Wordnik.com. [Evan Eisenberg: Who Can't Win? Hillary's Electability Trifecta] Reference
“I always believed happily-ever-after could be earned through honorable deeds of heroism and derring-do.”. From Wordnik.com. [No Man's Mistress]
He was probably reviewing his memoirs, gloating over his feats of derring-do transcribed in her own tidy hand. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
As a kid, I was enamored with Lee's comic books and their senses-shattering tales of derring-do and do-gooding. From Wordnik.com. [Rev. Peter M. Wallace: Unlikely Saints: Stan Lee, Soupy Sales and the Golden Rule] Reference
If a deal was reached during these weeks of diplomatic derring-do, it has yet to show up in the currency markets. From Wordnik.com. [Prospects For The U.S.-China Summit] Reference
That would have been the stuff of character that seems to have gotten lost in this vortex of financial derring-do. From Wordnik.com. [Raymond J. Learsy: A Tale of Two Companies-- Goldman Sachs and BP] Reference
And next time you insist your beautiful women also accomplish miraculous feats of athletic derring-do, ask yourself …. From Wordnik.com. [Kevin Bleyer: Hot Enough for Ya?] Reference
I assume his record reflects many deeds of derring-do from the amount of space covered on the 'breast' of his uniform jacket. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: Barely More Than A Third Think "Surge" Has Helped] Reference
During his painful recuperation from surgery, he asked for some reading material, preferably tales of derring-do and chivalry. From Wordnik.com. [Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Want to Experience God? You Already Have: Desires to Follow and Desires for Holiness] Reference
It's damnable, the way they pick on a fellow — and all because of my swollen reputation for derring-do and breakneck gallantry. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman In The Great Game]
He would then imagine himself with a wholly changed personality-a man of action, who led other men on great feats of derring-do . From Wordnik.com. [Hokas Pokas]
There in my kitchen, with your breezy manner of adventure and derring-do, and even a thrilling suggestion of crime in the background. From Wordnik.com. [Kahawa]
He would then imagine himself with a wholly changed personalitya man of action, who led other men on great feats of derring-do. From Wordnik.com. [Hokas Pokas]
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