bravos

Example Sentences

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After intermission he was welcomed with robust bravos.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2019

Chicago is “a journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to the last herd of fantastic bravos that once roamed the newspaper offices of the country.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2016

And these—he pointed to some huge black bulls—were Percy’s toros bravos.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 13, 2015

I can only assume the the few bravos were ironic.

From The Guardian • Aug. 3, 2012

Abandoned buildings were seen less often, die naked children vanished, the bravos in the doorways seemed more sumptuously dressed.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin