as in arrogance
confident or brave talk or behavior that is intended to impress other people
His stories are always told with bravado. I remember his youthful bravado.
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Recent Examples of bravado
Despite his bravado, Trump is rapidly eroding the engine of scientific innovation in America, and thus the capacity for AI to continue to advance.
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
But Sanders’ relentless assertiveness, which borders at times on bravado, does make his evaluation more complicated than the football on the field for the Giants.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
If the world, led by Europe, sold American bonds, U.S. domestic interest rates would spike upwards, taking some of the bravado off the MAGA swagger.
—David McWilliams, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Ellie, now 19 years old, still sports the edge of youthful bravado.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2025
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
But Sanders’ relentless assertiveness, which borders at times on bravado, does make his evaluation more complicated than the football on the field for the Giants.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
If the world, led by Europe, sold American bonds, U.S. domestic interest rates would spike upwards, taking some of the bravado off the MAGA swagger.
—David McWilliams, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Ellie, now 19 years old, still sports the edge of youthful bravado.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bravado
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bravado
Noun
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The arrogance of economics and its myriad equations, charts and numbers is astounding.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Others were negative traits to avoid, like irritability, arrogance, and combativeness.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The survey asked participants about their attitudes and behaviors toward cybersecurity at home and in the workplace.—
Kim Key,
PC Magazine,
2 May 2025
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Her poems of that era — sonnets, epigrams, eminently quotable snippets of rhymed gossip — pulse with the dynamism and attitude of the modern city.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Bravado.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bravado. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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