bravura
Example Sentences
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"The main thing I wanted was the sense of empathy you felt for Teddy," he said of the lead character, played with characteristic bravura by the always-watchable Jesse Plemons.
From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026
Oil also allowed passages of bravura brushwork that often dissolved forms in a freewheeling, coloristic haze.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
It's a bravura ambition and a big gamble.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
Which brings us to the bravura rerelease of “The Beatles: Anthology” series.
From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025
A marvel, really, the ease with which Dick negotiated changes of mood; in a trice, all trace of meanness, of sullen bravura, had evaporated.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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