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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The new recruits were full of youthful bravado .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Alternatively, respondents may exaggerate their delinquencies out of bravado , especially likely with juveniles.
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As after all I was not a bad little boy but I was shy and covered it up by bravado .
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But there was no bravado in it at the time.
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Having gone that long undetected by the enemies sitting almost next to me, I'd got my over-confident bravado back with interest.
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Later, in the retelling, the act would take on a certain amount of bravado .
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My bravado emanated from the knowledge that a certain lady was looking out of her window.
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Other work-inhibited students express a false bravado .
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The snakes eat themselves at the top of the food-chain out of habit or boredom or sheer bravado .