bravado
Example Sentences
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He rose heavily and was breathing hard as he attempted to mask the damage with bravado.
From BBC
The pathological self-regard required to be a YouTube star turned out to be reasonable preparation for the supercharged bravado of being a boxer.
Homer’s bravado strokes of bold colors, with highlights in white, create a sparkling vision of two men in the great outdoors.
His intellectual bravado has always attracted disciples and acolytes, notably his cultlike following at Cambridge, where he taught in the 1930s and ’40s.
This bit of bravado quickly falters when MacGruber finds his name on nearly every page.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
