bravado

But the DNA of the Barbary wars exists throughout American military history, a cocktail of entitlement, bravado and hypocrisy flavored with desperate violence.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

In his Monday video, Newsom urged Trump with mano a mano bravado to come after him as much as he wanted, but to leave his wife and family out of it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

“We anticipate more of these bouts of bravado to dictate the region for a while as both sides claim they are winning and neither is willing to be seen as disadvantaged,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026

That bravado may well not be matched by the result, but they are strongly expected to hang on as the biggest party.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

I do as I’m told and fold the curtains and the shirts, my bravado leaking out like water through a sieve.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

Always the master of every topic on which he attempts to enlighten, he is neither foiled by the sophistries nor embarrassed by the bravadoes of his opponents.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

She kept a little apart with Bartley, and plied him with bravadoes, with pouts, with little cries of suspense.

From A Modern Instance by Howells, William Dean

I've trudged the world; I have learned many bravadoes, so that my heart never stirred much to the mere trick of an instrument but one, and the piob mhor conquers me.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil

But let us still resist him; for notwithstanding all his bravadoes, he promoteth the fool and none else.

From The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan by Bunyan, John

His expressed contempt and defiance of the world, reminds me of the bravadoes of children, who, afraid of darkness, make a noise to give themselves courage to support what they dread.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 565, September 8, 1832 by Various

Next to being raided by the sheriff of an adjacent county, having a river prophet come on board is the greatest excitement and the smartest amusement of the bravados down the river.

From The River Prophet by Coleman, Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen)

They made many bravados, daily shooting off forty, fifty, or sixty pieces of ordnance at Nero and Puloway, thinking to frighten us.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

Mimi began to laugh and to utter bravados.

From Bohemians of the Latin Quarter by Murger, Henry

He must use his poetic powers as wonders attesting the purpose for which he speaks—not as mere bravados of ostentatious power.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various

It would be interesting to stare defiantly at his enemy at close range, to speak with him again man to man, to lure him into further bravados.

From Broken to the Plow by Dobie, Charles Caldwell