bravado
Example Sentences
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It’s all just bravado and illusion in a show where the magician has no bunnies left to pull from his top hat.
From Salon • May 28, 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
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
Ali Vaez, Iran project director at the Crisis Group, a conflict-resolution organization, said that for all Ghalibaf’s strongman bravado, he has skirted political risks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
I nodded quick, all my bravado gone, breathing so hard my nose burned.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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