Then it shot upward, carrying the boy with it, he kicking his feet together as he was lifted and laughing out of pure bravado.

In a second of pure, mindless bravado I remember lifting the gun, putting the barrel to my temple, and squeezing the trigger.

It had been pure bravado.

His words, I knew, had been pure bravado.

He whirled his sword around his head in a gesture of pure bravado, then charged forward into the ranks of the enemy.

Omally's statement he knew well enough to be pure bravado, but he doubted that the robot would take it as such.

It was an answer launched on pure bravado, the words punched into the air.

The Rock" is exactly that: pure why-not bravado, pumped-up and staggeringly dishonest but exciting just the same.

Wang-mu heard a slight weakness in his voice and realized that his attempt at humor was pure bravado, to hide his fear.

They had no way of knowing his speech had been pure bravado, using up what little strength he had left.