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as in courageous
feeling or displaying no fear by temperament despite considerable risk to their own safety, the brave team of rescuers rushed into the collapsed building

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Recent Examples of brave
Adjective
It’s been 250 years since Paul Revere's midnight ride, and now, the Trump administration is marking the patriotic silversmith's brave act with a special video. Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025 Their big-brother/little-brother vibe is more affecting than the relationship between siblings Natalie and Henry, typical Hollywood urchins whose brave action-movie routines are exceptional only for their cubistic, pillowy environs. Armond White, National Review, 16 Apr. 2025
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More than 1 million people have braved this route since 2021. Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025 Over the course of her very bad day, Verity Amersham, the heroine of Expelled!, will have to brave all manner of indignities beyond cod liver oil to avoid being kicked out of school. The New York Times, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for brave
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brave
Adjective
  • Take the first step today and let your epic story unfold, one courageous step at a time.
    Neerja Bhatia, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Originally bred as herding dogs, German shepherds earned the reputation of being affectionate, courageous and incredibly loyal.
    Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Katy Perry reportedly sang ‘Its a wonderful world,’ Gayle King beamed in zero gravity, as Lauren Sánchez—pilot, philanthropist, and Jeff Bezos’s fiancée, led Blue Origin’s first all-female crew to the edge of space.
    Gemma Allen, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
  • There’s the potential to still reach 94 points, which might not quite have the same sheen to it as the 99 points achieved by Liverpool’s last title-winning side in 2019-20 but should still be recognised as a wonderful achievement.
    Gregg Evans, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Princeton students confronted by anti-Israel protesters at campus event Princeton senior Danielle Shapiro joins ‘Fox & Friends’ to discuss how anti-Israel protesters disrupted a campus lecture by a former Israeli prime minister, shouting anti-Semitic chants and targeting students.
    Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The difference lies in how the screenplay probes the existential struggles warring inside its characters and confronts their pasts.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Known for their fearless improvisation and genre-defying performances, the trio’s performance in a hall, on the grounds of a former convent, was a 45-minute, intense, non-stop wall of sound.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The centerpiece is a visually stunning film set in outer space, with Zendaya as the fearless protagonist on an interstellar mission.
    Mecca Pryor, Essence, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Opened just a few years ago, the Asbury Ocean Club Hotel offers excellent service, lovely rooms and terrific food.
    Sherrie Nachman, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • There is an endless supply of them, usually taking place in lovely ancient English towns, where there seem to be a fantastic number of murderers.
    Shannon Doyne, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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  • Consumers face an overall average effective tariff rate of 28%, the highest since 1901, according to the Yale Budget Lab. Need a break?
    Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Read could face a maximum of life in prison if convicted.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Without every last one of those points, there’s no telling whether No. 1 Duke would’ve survived No. 4 Arizona’s valiant comeback attempt.
    The Athletic College Basketball Staff, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The Cybertruck is indeed a valiant effort in doing something new, and that’s not what most manufacturers dare to do.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Apr. 2025
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  • Set on the rugged and beautiful south Kona coast, this place of refuge was a safe haven for those who broke the kapu or sacred laws, transgressions punishable by death in old Hawaii.
    Ben Davidson, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
  • What technologies can be employed to make beautiful, lightweight, yet resilient gold jewelry?
    Kyle Roderick, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025

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“Brave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brave. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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