How to Use bravado in a Sentence
bravado
noun
- His stories are always told with bravado.
- I remember his youthful bravado.
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The life had not seeped out of them, but the bravado had.
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Washington Post,
24 Nov. 2021
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Fink no longer talks about the issue with the bravado of a change agent.
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Evan Halper,
Washington Post,
6 May 2023
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Kendall is the show’s dark prince, a would-be mogul puffed up with false bravado.
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Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
5 Dec. 2021
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While that may seem like bravado, that came to fruition.
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Kristin Robinson,
Billboard,
29 Feb. 2024
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This was not the first time Biden has used some brio and bravado to talk about Trump.
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Dan Balz,
Washington Post,
22 Mar. 2018
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The member seemed drawn to OG’s bravado and his skill with weapons.
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Shane Harris and Samuel Oakford,
Anchorage Daily News,
13 Apr. 2023
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In one, a girl stands in the kitchen of a Bronx shelter, her arm twisted in the air with the bravado of a dancer.
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Washington Post,
21 Apr. 2021
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At the last minute, with a bit of bravado, the BofA lawyer does a modest re-trade.
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Neil Senturia,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 June 2023
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On the other hand, all this bravado from the Trump campaign is baloney.
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ABC News,
2 Apr. 2023
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And, such a carefree ethos and burn-it-down bravado played out behind the scenes, too.
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Amelia Harnish,
refinery29.com,
25 June 2019
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These mice will march right up to a cat, the very picture of foolish bravado.
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Leslie Nemo,
Discover Magazine,
14 Jan. 2020
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Texas is a big state known for its bravado, some earned and some fiction.
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Dallas News,
19 Sep. 2022
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But here’s hoping this false sense of bravado doesn’t come back to haunt him.
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Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2025
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His anger was sudden, his bravado clearly a show for the Creef boy.
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David Wright Faladé,
The New Yorker,
24 Aug. 2020
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This is a brazen Grizzlies bunch that oozes Morant’s bravado.
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Ben Cohen,
WSJ,
28 Apr. 2022
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The players project hearty bravado at the prospect of moving from the rear of the stage to the front-and-center position.
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David Patrick Stearns,
Philly.com,
14 Feb. 2018
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Gabriel said all of the right things afterward, but added his own twist of bravado.
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Ross McKeon,
San Francisco Chronicle,
24 Mar. 2021
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False bravado only works when there is a modicum of truth to it.
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Todd J. Gillman,
Dallas News,
24 July 2020
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In the famous episode, Fonzie donned a pair of water skis and jumped over a shark in a display of bravado.
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Sabrina Weiss,
Peoplemag,
30 Oct. 2023
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All of the pro-Trump bravado annoyed Welsh and her friends, but Trabert stood out.
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Washington Post,
16 Jan. 2021
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For all of its bravado about changing the world, the tech industry is very much a man's world.
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Jessica Guynn,
USA TODAY,
24 June 2017
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With just a tad of Texas bravado, Grant likens it to the nightly light show at the Eiffel Tower.
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Cheryl Hall,
Dallas News,
3 Dec. 2020
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That was revealed to be empty bravado, given that the U.K. needs a deal far more than the EU does.
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Simon Nixon,
WSJ,
21 June 2017
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The right chairman is someone who can balance the bravado with the cold, hard truth that Elon Musk can’t save the world alone.
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John D. Stoll,
WSJ,
30 Sep. 2018
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Mario is also a man with boundless bravado and a man with flaws.
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Abid Rahman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Dec. 2017
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The speedy track is a standout on Deadstar, as Purpp's bravado gleams throughout the record.
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Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
5 Oct. 2017
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Men who risk their health and well-being, on the other hand, prove their bravado for the respect of their peers.
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Kristen Barber,
Fortune,
17 Aug. 2023
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Every aspect is generously suffused with the kind of over-the-top bravado that survivalists, explorers, and Mad Max fans alike would enjoy.
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New Atlas,
28 Jan. 2025
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