Sentence example with the word 'bravado'

bravado

adventuresomeness, bluster, boldness, brashness, cheekiness, defial, disregard, fuss, insolence, pretentiousness, sputter, venturesomeness

Definition n. a swaggering show of courage

Last update: October 24, 2015

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But men have the bravado to pretend they know all about it.   [noun]

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He had the reputation of not sticking at anything, and it was known that he had plundered a police post simply out of bravado.   [noun]

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His threats are nothing but sheer bravado.   [noun]

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The bravado of the young criminal disappeared when he was confronted by the victims of his brutal attack.   [Please select]

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"But it is reckless bravado; it is worse than foolishness," said Beverley, not feeling her mood.   [Please select]

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There is often little chance to check the story and find out if it is mere bravado or fact.   [noun]

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But in spite of his bravado, he reddened again, deeply.   [Please select]

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All my bravado faded away and there was a queerish ringing in my ears.   [Please select]

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"We have seen men turned to brutes, frenzied, killing for fun, for terror, for bravado, for ostentation."   [noun]

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Those whom this disturbance had assembled now drew off in different directions, leaving the contested mount in the same solitude which had subsisted till interrupted by the Austrian bravado.   [noun]

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She took a lover, the first who offered, a man whom she did not love, out of bravado and with rage in her heart.   [noun]

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