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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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verb

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Recent Examples of brave
Adjective
Despite a rough sinus infection, George Clooney put on a brave face to be at the red carpet world premiere of his new movie, Jay Kelly, in Venice last night. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025 Jellyfish too likely sailed through these brave new seas. Peter Brannen august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
No longer are its $1,200-plus parkas just for Canadians braving the blistering cold—with 68 stores around the world, Canada Goose merch is now being stocked even in sweltering spots like Miami and Australia, and worn as streetwear by celebrities and Gen Zers alike. Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025 Stanberry and her husband, and sometimes friends who like to come along, will brave the heat and bugs and hike out into the swamp, drive out to trails in a vehicle, take electric bikes or motor around in a johnboat looking for the invasive species. Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for brave
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brave
Adjective
  • This is a courageous act that requires vulnerability over cowardice.
    Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The school has been the courageous standard bearer of academic freedom in the assault on higher education.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But if Julia’s delivery of her first child is about as wonderful as pushing a human out of your body can get — even the lighting is dreamy — her second child’s delivery is the exact opposite.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Morticia has this wonderful lighter look into the world as opposed to Wednesday.
    Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Later that year, Cobb was charged with seven felonies related to confronting residents with a gun.
    Paul J. Becker, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Marcie grows increasingly suspicious of Dennis and organizes a meeting at the end of the work day to confront him.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Look, the kid’s obviously fearless.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Turner will play Lara Croft, the fearless British archaeologist who’s always ready to swing into action with her iconic braid flying and dual pistols blazing.
    Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • People want to include crape myrtles and roses-of-Sharon as their privacy plants, for example, and both of those, while lovely in summer, would be bare and drab in the winter.
    Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
  • It’s been really lovely, also exhausting.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The swells will continue to build and increase along east-facing shorelines through the middle of the week, the hurricane center warned.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • As the season sets in, many face low mood and energy as shorter days and cooler temperatures lead to more social isolation.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Call it a valiant, optimistic, perhaps even a calamitous misreading.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In addition to implementing many voluntary changes, and even after a valiant legal fight and court victory, Harvard may still make a deal to get Trump off its back.
    Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Kids love the beaches and castles, while grandparents enjoy the relaxed pace and beautiful landscapes.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Like the blind father, the country is desperately trying to overcome its past and disadvantages, in pursuit of a more beautiful future — but that pursuit almost necessarily entails a brittle form of pride, which leads to various injustices along the way.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Brave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brave. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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