bra·vu·ra
brə-ˈvyu̇r-ə 
brä-,
-ˈvu̇r-
1
music
: a musical passage requiring exceptional agility and technical skill in execution
2
: a florid brilliant style
3
: a show of daring or brilliance
Synonyms
Examples of bravura in a Sentence
Adjective
a truly bravura performance of the ballet that brought the crowd to its feet
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
Anchoring his bravura action filmmaking are the performances of Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal, both bravely playing straight men to some wild and wily characters who are conspiring to make Roman mayhem.
—Steven Gaydos, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
The trial scenes are bravura and intensely satisfying.
—Tomris Laffly, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
Over the years, her relationship with Yves Saint Laurent symbolized a blend of avant-garde bravura and classic glamour, establishing her as a perennial fashion icon.
—Alfredo Mineo, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024
Wetzel brings a jam-band vibe and a display of bravura to this stinging romantic rebuff.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2024
Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
Sanders, on the other hand — in the most outrageously, satisfyingly bravura role of his career — doubles down on the stereotype.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
Its most bravura trick is rooted less in a display of mastery than one of vulnerability.
—Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 28 June 2023
With all due respect to the bravura world-creation of Wakanda, what is likely Carter’s single most effective achievement is so simple and casual as to seem to have come straight from a uniform-supply warehouse.
—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
But at least Bay gave the viewers plenty of nonpareil CGI carnage to chew on, as with a bravura third act that tears through Chicago skyscrapers like sand castles, bouncing from one colossal set piece to the next.
—Nick Allen, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2023
No matter how bravura the substance of his disquisitions, this act, predictably, grew tiresome.
—Justin Driver, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2022
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Noun
Berg’s depiction of the Mountain Meadows Massacre is disorienting, nightmarish and terrifyingly immersive, a bravura symphony of whizzing arrows and curdling screams.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
Anchoring his bravura action filmmaking are the performances of Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal, both bravely playing straight men to some wild and wily characters who are conspiring to make Roman mayhem.
—Steven Gaydos, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
The trial scenes are bravura and intensely satisfying.
—Tomris Laffly, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
Over the years, her relationship with Yves Saint Laurent symbolized a blend of avant-garde bravura and classic glamour, establishing her as a perennial fashion icon.
—Alfredo Mineo, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024
Wetzel brings a jam-band vibe and a display of bravura to this stinging romantic rebuff.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2024
Adjective
In this balance lies the bravura, idiosyncratic source of Murakami’s popularity.
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
Sanders, on the other hand — in the most outrageously, satisfyingly bravura role of his career — doubles down on the stereotype.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
Its most bravura trick is rooted less in a display of mastery than one of vulnerability.
—Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 28 June 2023
With all due respect to the bravura world-creation of Wakanda, what is likely Carter’s single most effective achievement is so simple and casual as to seem to have come straight from a uniform-supply warehouse.
—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
But at least Bay gave the viewers plenty of nonpareil CGI carnage to chew on, as with a bravura third act that tears through Chicago skyscrapers like sand castles, bouncing from one colossal set piece to the next.
—Nick Allen, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2023
No matter how bravura the substance of his disquisitions, this act, predictably, grew tiresome.
—Justin Driver, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2022
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“Bravura.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bravura. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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