bravado
Example Sentences
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While many Indian rappers showcase big personalities and emphatic bravado, Reble's style feels tighter and more restrained - less explosive anger and more something quieter and personal.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Maybe it was the underbelly of all of the bravado and power-seeking—some desire to counter all the validation with the humiliation of knowing that, deep down, he’s just a revolting little worm.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
On the battlefield, the situation is far more complex — and dangerous — than the administration’s bravado suggests.
From Salon • Mar. 2, 2026
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 • Feb. 27, 2026
But after, when it was just the two of us, the mask lowered, the bravado peeled off like a breastplate, and he was my brother.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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