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

Yet for all his bravura style, he directs with a potent sense of drama—one scene is remarkable for its sustained, perfectly judged silence, as gripping as that storm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

It's a bravura ambition and a big gamble.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

Scenes like that don’t strike fear in anyone; they just expose the buffoonery behind the bravura.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 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