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a show of courage — especially intentionally shown to intimidate or earn admiration

tough soldiers with plenty of bravado

bravado = a show of courage — especially intentionally shown to intimidate or earn admiration

a show of bravado I didn't feel
a trace of bravado in her stance
There was no longer any deceit or bravado in the manner of the accused.
Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
In a moment of bravado, just before she goes, Anybodys spits-but cautiously.
Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim -- Westside Story

bravado = a show of courage — especially intentionally shown to intimidate or earn admiration

"—these walls are solidly put together;" and here, through the mere phrenzy of bravado, I rapped heavily, with a cane which I held in my hand, upon that very portion of the brick-work behind which stood the corpse of the wife of my bosom.
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Black Cat

bravado = a show of courage

In a fit of blind bravado, I shoved the torch forward as far as my arm would reach.
Farley Mowat -- Never Cry Wolf
The other is putting on a show of bravado.
Walter Dean Myers -- Monster
Get thy wounds healed, purvey thee a better horse, and it may be I will hold it worth my while to scourge out of thee this boyish spirit of bravado.
Sir Walter Scott -- Ivanhoe
And this the wind does not out of bravado Or in a senseless rage, But so that in its desolation It may find words to fashion a lullaby for you.
Boris Pasternak -- Doctor Zhivago
"There she breaches! there she breaches!" was the cry, as in his immeasurable bravadoes the White Whale tossed himself salmon-like to Heaven.
Herman Melville -- Moby Dick
She was sure of herself, with a serenity of confidence which made Rosalind's self-reliance seem almost bravado.
John Wyndham -- The Chrysalids
Yet despite his bravado, Frederic knew at once that he would put on the amulet.
Orson Scott Card -- Red Prophet
There was no longer any deceit or bravado in the manner of the accused.
Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
The viceroy, however, begged him earnestly not to hang them, as their behaviour savoured rather of madness than of bravado.
Miguel de Cervantes -- Don Quixote
His stoic bravado had been replaced by this odd plea to the forest.
Ted Dekker -- White: The Great Pursuit
But one-man cars get into less trouble because you reduce bravado.
Malcolm Gladwell -- Blink
He was pale now, his bravado gone; his hands, clenched into fists, were white at the knuckles.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Fallen Angels
The bravado was wearing off.
Stephenie Meyer -- Twilight
As they walked into the elevator Amory considered a piece of bravado—yielded finally.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- This Side of Paradise

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