(1) The purity of the opening segment has slipped away, replaced by bravado and swagger.

(2) He had certainly done his best to conceal it with his bluster and bravado and big bad persona.

(3) Despite such bravado , oil prices rose to near-record highs in trading as jittery markets reacted to the alert.

(4) He possesses none of the classic wheeler-dealer's casual bravado

(5) We recognise the familiar cushions and head rests, the trepidation of take-off and disguise of bravado .

(6) It's for bravado or to be cool, but it inevitably ends in disaster.

(7) She ignored them, bolstered by her own sense of bravado and spurred on by the belief that everyone is a masochist in one way or another.

(8) Faking bravado , I wave my hands about as a shopper walks by, and call out that I'm being prevented from leaving.

(9) The lawyer bobbed and weaved, then fielded questions with a touch of his own unique brand of bravado .

(10) The sheer bravado of its bid, and the unconfined joy with which its success was greeted, was evidence of a city with attitude.

(11) They spun around in the car parks and many of the cars had two guys out the back windows holding hands across the roof in a show of bravado .

(12) The voices are loud and harsh, reflecting anxiety and bravado in equal parts.

(13) Swagger and arrogance is all very well but until that huge European Cup is hoisted aloft it is merely bluster and bravado .

(14) His swaggering bravado has turned me and a number of people I know way off.

(15) The fans are awestruck and their earlier bravado quickly disappears.

(16) Later, alcohol-fuelled bravado saw him insist that he could do a better job than his friend driving to a nightclub.

(17) He manages to steal the film, even next to various scenery-chewers' bits of bravado .

(18) My friend thought he had beaten a rapid retreat after the initial, face-saving show of bravado .

(19) He has the swagger and bravado - the coloured hair and the flash motor.

(20) Amid all the glorious fanfares and bravado there will be some frightened and anxious people.