How to Use bravado in a Sentence

bravado

noun
  • His stories are always told with bravado.
  • I remember his youthful bravado.
  • The bravado, all of that stuff.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
  • But it’s not meant to be done with bravado.
    — Jerry Colonna, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • But that bravado can only last so long.
    — Brody Miller, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Kendall is the show’s dark prince, a would-be mogul puffed up with false bravado.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2021
  • Not to mention a bit of bravado.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Fink no longer talks about the issue with the bravado of a change agent.
    — Evan Halper, Washington Post, 6 May 2023
  • Texas is a big state known for its bravado, some earned and some fiction.
    — Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Lindsay talk to us about that than this fake bravado about how great her life is.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 May 2025
  • But here’s hoping this false sense of bravado doesn’t come back to haunt him.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
  • No belt, no bravado, just presence.
    — Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 29 Apr. 2026
  • False bravado only works when there is a modicum of truth to it.
    — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 24 July 2020
  • Mario is also a man with boundless bravado and a man with flaws.
    — Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Risk-taking isn’t about bravado.
    — Hao Lam, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • These mice will march right up to a cat, the very picture of foolish bravado.
    — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Jain didn’t barge onto the scene with the pompous bravado as many others do.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • Rockies fans might be surprised by the spring bravado.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Gabriel said all of the right things afterward, but added his own twist of bravado.
    — Ross McKeon, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Dellinger sees through the bravado, prompting Wolsey and his men to ride off in a huff.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
  • And, such a carefree ethos and burn-it-down bravado played out behind the scenes, too.
    — Amelia Harnish, refinery29.com, 25 June 2019
  • His radar for players’ bravado is highly tuned.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • All this sets up a prime chance for Mason to back up his summer bravado.
    — Andrew Astleford, ajc, 21 Sep. 2017
  • This is a brazen Grizzlies bunch that oozes Morant’s bravado.
    — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2022
  • His anger was sudden, his bravado clearly a show for the Creef boy.
    — David Wright Faladé, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2020
  • The member seemed drawn to OG’s bravado and his skill with weapons.
    — Shane Harris and Samuel Oakford, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Apr. 2023
  • For all of its bravado about changing the world, the tech industry is very much a man's world.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 24 June 2017
  • Ellie, now 19 years old, still sports the edge of youthful bravado.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2025
  • To see David put all the bravado aside and open up about his life in that way was pretty shocking.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The fear of falling has replaced my youthful bravado.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2026

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