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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
Unfortunately, our brave men and women in law enforcement are being forced to spend their time keeping our communities safe from these violent individuals who should never have been pardoned. Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025 Dachshunds are part of the hound group, according to breed classifications, and are often described as brave and tenacious. Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
According to Schulz, however, there are ample benefits for those willing to brave the cold. Dan Avery, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025 Armed with their boom boxes and cassette tapes, the boys braved the stench and recorded songs. Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for brave
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brave
Adjective
  • That instinct and his courageous actions on May 15, 2024, during a burglary in progress led to the local officer being among 15 first responders presented with a Hero Award during the National First Responders Day Roll Call of Heroes on Tuesday in New York City’s Times Square.
    Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Tolkien conceived of the Shire as the quaint, pastoral homeland of the Hobbits, a race of short yet courageous dwellers of the fictional Middle-earth.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • For the creation of wonderful characters and a story that feels spontaneous yet precise in its depiction of power, its moral dilemmas, and the absurd contradictions with the human condition.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Walston had a wonderful calming spirit.
    Cameron Crowe, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For four weeks, Haddish travels with her longtime best friends Selena Martin, Shermona Long, and Sparkle Clark to have a good time, of course, but to also do some bonding, confront some truths, and do some healing.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Why would any politician in his or her right mind wish to confront an informed citizenry capable of breaking down the campaign speeches into their subsets of supporting lies?
    Henry Freedland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Loving father, fearless adventurer Chefitz and his wife came to Miami in 1974 for a job at Florida International University for Walli.
    Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Incredibly principled and fearless.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Lanthimos’s gaze, so exactingly attuned to human ugliness, has seldom given us lovelier things to look at.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Those milpas were really lovely, a fit setting for hunting the smartest, gamest bird in the Southwest.
    Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At home, Takaichi faces her own challenges.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The president and his party have faced three corruption scandals this year, while Argentina’s slowing economy and frustration with high unemployment rates helped push Milei’s approval to the lowest level of his term ahead of the vote.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Journey with Marie and her valiant Nutcracker prince to the Land of the Sugar Plum Fairy to experience a classic story with distinctly local flair.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Despite the valiant efforts, catch-up hockey does not become them.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In a nutshell, the Trojan prince Paris sails to Sparta to capture Helen, the beautiful wife of the king of Sparta, Menelaus.
    Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Your partnership is beautiful to watch.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025

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“Brave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brave. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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