bravado

Example Sentences

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Hegseth’s bravado has also been caricatured on “Saturday Night Live,” which opened two weeks in a row with a satirical portrayal of him as angry, dimwitted and hyped up on the violence of war.

From Los Angeles Times

But he criticised Hegseth's "brashness, the bravado, the bulldozing of questions" in briefings.

From BBC

“If there is a bomb, a war, so what?” said Aisha Katushabe, a Ugandan hostess at a Japanese restaurant in Dubai’s City Walk area, showing off her bravado.

From The Wall Street Journal

All of my bravado from hijacking Elliot’s simulation test was draining away, and I was left with a familiar feeling of uncertainty.

From Literature

On the battlefield, the situation is far more complex — and dangerous — than the administration’s bravado suggests.

From Salon