bravado

Example Sentences

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All of my bravado from hijacking Elliot’s simulation test was draining away, and I was left with a familiar feeling of uncertainty.

From Literature

On the battlefield, the situation is far more complex — and dangerous — than the administration’s bravado suggests.

From Salon

MIAMI—In recent weeks, family members of a group of Cuban dissidents who overheard their making plans to “liberate Cuba” dismissed the talk as the kind of bravado that is common among Cuban-American exiles.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I completely lost my equilibrium,” he says with none of the bravado that was previously a trademark.

From Los Angeles Times

When the trooper, too, began to get teary, Truman fell back on his strongman act of bravado.

From Literature