bravado
a pretentious, swaggering display of courage.
Origin of bravado
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- o·ver·bra·va·do, noun
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How to use bravado in a sentence
He is wearing an expensive-looking winter coat and a MAGA cap clipped to his backpack, and he is full of bravado over his hijinks during the Capitol takeover.
Inside the Capitol Riot: What the Parler Videos Reveal | by Alec MacGillis | January 17, 2021 | ProPublicaOn the airwaves, Shapiro presents his arguments with an element of bravado — he’s credited with coining the phrase “facts don’t care about your feelings.”
Politico brought Ben Shapiro on as a ‘Playbook’ guest author to bring balance. It brought a backlash instead. | Elahe Izadi | January 15, 2021 | Washington PostWe have to separate the aspirational from the intentional and determine which of the individuals saying despicable things on the internet are just practicing keyboard bravado, or they actually have the intent to do harm.
Security Officials Face the Possibility of a Threat from the Inside on Inauguration Day | Kimberly Dozier | January 14, 2021 | TimeAs the chopper above the Wharf’s Transit Pier Floating Stage threatened to overwhelm Butler’s voice, her brassy bravado still pierced the autumn air with clarity.
Arena Stage returns to live performances with an outdoor production of the rousing ‘Fannie Lou Hamer, Speak on It!’ | Thomas Floyd | October 30, 2020 | Washington PostAmid the cocksure bravado of the adventure-sports world, fluidity is read as weakness.
Even the legendary 1980s televisions show Dallas is back on the air, selling its twenty-first century brand of Texas bravado.
And we can listen to the pathetic, creepy bravado of a former vice president, wrong on nearly every decision he made.
Picasso, with his polka-dot shirt and clashing tie attempted an air of bravado, but lost confidence by the minute.
He sees the GOP moving back to its roots as the party advocating for more weapons and more bravado in American foreign policy.
Zaharchenko on Friday night projected defiance rather than bravado, no doubt buoyed by the Moscow-sent materiel and fighters.
Ukraine Rebels Boast About Troops and Tanks Coming from Russia | Jamie Dettmer | August 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGo hoodles, travel without even the protection of a hood; by way of bravado.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerThe answer was given slowly, without any bravado, but whatever energy of life there was in the speaker had gone into it.
Marriage la mode | Mrs. Humphry WardHe was surrounded with bravado and devilry, with all the disbanded sins of the Flanders regiments.
A Cursory History of Swearing | Julian SharmanThe poor little girl had lost her bravado of the night before.
The Devil | Joseph O'BrienHer manner at first is a mixture of alternate shyness and bravado.
Two Men of Sandy Bar | Bret Harte
British Dictionary definitions for bravado
/ (brəˈvɑːdəʊ) /
vaunted display of courage or self-confidence; swagger
Origin of bravado
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