How to Use bravura in a Sentence

bravura

noun

• Going out on the farm that morning had been an act of bravura.
  — Daniyal Mueenuddin, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2021
• His Firebird, a bravura role with jumps and turns, is the only dancer on point in the whole ballet.
  — Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 15 May 2018
• As with the rest of the ballet, the dancing arrives out of the music without showy bravura.
  — Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 3 Nov. 2017
• Pauline Kael, in The New Yorker, was also struck by the visual bravura.
  — New York Times, 3 Feb. 2022
• And with that bravura moment, Fair Play marks the spot: These pretty people will get raw.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2023
• His charges Friday kept in close non-verbal touch and played with spirit, tonal warmth, and a healthy dose of sheer bravura.
  — Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 14 Oct. 2019
• The response to her bravura performance proved that a great singer can sing anything.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 17 July 2019
• Still, what makes the show unique, and lends it a rare toughness, is the bond between Josh and Rose, who is played with bravura fragility by Debra Lawrence.
  — Anthony Lan, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2021
• In the show’s late highlight, Danes breathes life into Rachel with a bravura performance.
  — Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2022
• The poolhouse contains one final surprise that von Haselberg likes to unfurl at the end of the tour, a bravura finish.
  — Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor, 29 June 2016
• There’s no functional reason for this slim neck; the choice is pure structural bravura.
  — Anthony Paletta, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2022
• The monologue, though, is a powerful one, delivered by Reid in a bravura turn.
  — James Hebert, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2019
• From the opening sequence, a bravura bird’s-eye swoop through a rural Chinese village, this a story meant to be seen on a big screen.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2020
• Hanif Kureishi’s tweets from his sickbed are a bravura performance that is no performance at all.
  — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2023
• This is where the bravura lies in the performance: his ability to seemingly just be.
  — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2021
• The performance starts off on a note of bravura and then descends into treachery, drug mania, and fear.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 26 May 2022
• Grasp Rankin’s style in his bravura approach to vegetables.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2023
• Fouls on Germany were greeted with braying and bravura.
  — Sam Borden, New York Times, 21 June 2016
• In the film’s bravura opening sequence, the first surge hits as Pitt is perched on the side of the miles-high International Space Antenna.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2019
• In recent years, interest has been rising in his against-the-grain bravura painting.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2021
• Just as this bravura piece of stagecraft was making its debut, the pandemic hit.
  — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 15 Jan. 2022
• In between scenes of comic bravura, and even touches of real pathos, Mary’s story keeps trying to push itself to the fore — and keeps missing the mark.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2023
• The script still finds more than few bravura moments of absurd comedy, and the cast cannot be faulted for committing.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2022
• Maybe all those make-believe rivals on the other end of Drakeo’s bravura taunts were the ones who were supposed to be feeling butterflies.
  — Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2021
• To describe the pivotal surprise that anchors Ms. Weiss’s bravura climax would spoil it.
  — Fergus M. Bordewich, WSJ, 21 June 2018
• At an idyllic resort in the wilds of Maine, sumptuous days on the lake turn into evenings filled with bravura performances.
  — Lila Battis, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2023
• The production showcases bravura dancing that captures the enchantment in the story, the beloved tale of a princess waked from a spell by a lovestruck prince.
  — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
• This is what happens every time Tom Brady, the star quarterback of the Patriots, turns in a bravura performance on the biggest stage in sports.
  — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 29 Jan. 2019
• The sketch was the biggest highlight of a bravura performance for someone known for music, not comedy.
  — Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2020
• Throughout his work, bravura and heroism are mingled with the humiliation of death and defeat.
  — Vulture, 3 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024