bravado
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The hushed gravitas and simplicity of the original restaurant had clearly been eradicated in favor of a more boisterous bravado. — Steven Stolman, Town & Country, "A Clear-Eyed Assessment of the New Four Seasons—By Someone Who Loved the Old One," 7 Sep. 2018 After seeing Searching, his words don't feel like total bravado. — Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, "Searching: You’ve never seen Windows XP and load screens like this," 25 Aug. 2018 There are reasons to believe that the claim is not merely desperate bravado. — Noam Scheiber, New York Times, "Labor Unions Will Be Smaller After Supreme Court Decision, but Maybe Not Weaker," 27 June 2018 The players project hearty bravado at the prospect of moving from the rear of the stage to the front-and-center position. — David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, "Philly composer Jennifer Higdon's new concerto didn't come easy - but they never do," 14 Feb. 2018 With ornate interiors by Studio Peregalli, the swanky eatery brims with his signature bravado. — Town & Country, "The Secret Worlds of Milan’s Design Illuminati," 21 Sep. 2018 With much bravado Miguel cooked up tri-tip and chicken and other fixings that go with the succulent meat. — Jane Napier Neely, latimes.com, "The Valley Line: Club wrangles members into the Saddle & Sirloin Club for annual summer party," 9 July 2018 But an opportunistic gray squirrel named Sciuridae, played with gleeful scene-stealing bravado by two-time Tony nominee Brad Oscar, preys on Scurius’ prejudices. — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, "La Jolla Playhouse's apocalyptic 'Squirrels' a dark, funny look at prejudice," 14 June 2018 Ocean's 8 allows women to act like men have acted in prior movies: ambitious, logical, ready to beat the system with bravado. — refinery29.com, "Why Ocean's 8 Is Different From Every Women's Heist Movie That Came Before It," 31 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bravado.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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