How to Use brave in a Sentence

brave

1 of 3 adjective

• She gave us a brave smile.
• He lost his brave fight against the disease.
• That is what makes us the land of the free and home of the brave.
  — Bloomberg.com, 9 Oct. 2017
• America is the land of the free, the home of the brave!
  — Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 15 Dec. 2017
• That smart, brave girl is the true tragedy of the season for me.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2023
• With Rose never the same, the Bulls put on a brave face.
  — K.c. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2018
• Swim across the pool or just cheer on the brave souls who dare to leap in.
  — Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News, 6 Feb. 2020
• The cat is a clarinet, the duck an oboe, and brave Peter the strings.
  — The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
• And now and then a brave author gives us a book about the end of life.
  — Sophie Blackall, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2018
• Mark Kelly Isn’t Texas supposed to be the land of the free and brave?
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023
• Very few shops are brave enough to go out on a limb these days.
  — Avi Dan, Forbes, 16 June 2022
• My daughter is as bright and fleet and brave as a bird.
  — Karen Russell, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
• It can be done, though, as these five brave souls proved.
  — cleveland, 25 Dec. 2021
• Iraq has lost one of its very best- a thoughtful and brave man.
  — Jomana Karadsheh, Arwa Damon, CNN, 6 July 2020
• Be brave in your own skin, own your truth and lead your own path.
  — Humberto Leon, Teen Vogue, 20 July 2017
• Thank you for being brave enough and strong enough to talk about it.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2022
• But thanks to the efforts of those brave enough to speak on it, that’s changing.
  — Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 18 May 2018
• But, as Raupp proved, at least some brave souls do try to get away.
  — Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2022
• Your team may be putting on a brave face out of fear of judgment.
  — Yec, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
• Thank you for showing me how to be bold and brave and not give a f--k.
  — Erika Jayne, Billboard, 2 June 2018
• William's face like thunder, and Kate putting on a brave face.
  — Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 14 Mar. 2018
• To be brave and have courage is to step out of your comfort zone and just do it.
  — Danny Fujikawa, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2023
• If only more people were brave enough to take the plunge.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2018
• Rather than the brave thing to do, it will be perceived as cowardice.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 11 Aug. 2020
• Thank you for teaching me to be brave and for loving me well.
  — Caroline Picard, House Beautiful, 12 Oct. 2016
• My friend was brave enough to get on a motorbike and drive it.
  — Tariro Mzezewa, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2020
• Commit to your core values and be brave enough to act on them.
  — Rahul Raj, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2023
• Bridges wrote a children’s book about her brave stance.
  — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2024
• First to leave were the trucks and SUVs, followed by brave two-wheel-drive sedans.
  — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
• There were many brave men and women who lost their lives this day.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2022

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brave

2 of 3 verb

• Thousands of fans braved rush-hour traffic to see the concert.
• The climbers and their guides have braved sheer rock, avalanches and wild winds.
  — The Economist, 12 Mar. 2020
• Stock up on the good stuff to reward those who braved it.
  — Bailey Loosemore, The Courier-Journal, 24 Oct. 2017
• These days, wave-chasers come from near and far to brave the breaks and barrels.
  — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2023
• So grab some almonds and some oats, and brave your kitchen once again.
  — Madeleine Luckel, Vogue, 25 Dec. 2017
• Brian Tyree Henry is the first star to brave Jolie's stare.
  — Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 3 Nov. 2021
• Instead, those who want to brave the challenge of the fiery fruit can do so in the form of hot sauce.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023
• Aleksei, 35, would brave driving around the city each day in search of food.
  — Loveday Morris, Anastacia Galouchka, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2022
• But the divers braved the frigid water and the strong currents anyway.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2019
• Aleksei, 35, would brave driving around the city each day in search for food.
  — Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022
• On TikTok, those who braved the line, which snaked around the block twice, showed off their spoils.
  — Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 May 2023
• On the bay, the few sailboats that had braved the weather headed for safe harbor as the wind whipped up.
  — Louise Rafkin, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2016
• The friend who will brave the parking lot at the Grove to meet you at the Cheesecake Factory. 13.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2022
• Reyes and his wife’s cousin bought full-body Tyvek suits to brave the rickety stairs and wade through the cobwebs.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
• We that saw people didn’t have to brave long commutes daily to get the job done.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 28 Feb. 2022
• Indeed, the eaves are just one of the many ways the home is prepared to brave the harsh Utah elements.
  — Kaitlin Menza, House Beautiful, 14 Oct. 2019
• Lifeguards and spectators stood along the shore to watch as surfers braved the waves.
  — Hannah Fry, latimes.com, 23 May 2018
• Keep scrolling to shop more of our picks to brave the cold in style and warmth while winter weather is still here.
  — Kayla Blanton, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
• Three little girls down the street were running outside to brave the rain.
  — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022
• No sea-taxi skipper was mad enough to brave the weather.
  — Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2021
• Reluctant to brave the gangs, the army has so far mainly patrolled the streets by day.
  — The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
• People braved the heat in Chicago and Atlanta to march.
  — Washington Post, 1 July 2018
• Some fans listened, while others braved it in their seats.
  — John Leyba, The Know, 1 Aug. 2019
• When the cold front rolls around, having a toasty-warm wool coat to step out in is essential to brave those frigid temps.
  — Ty Gaskins, Men's Health, 10 Jan. 2023
• Mosquitoes are not great flyers, and most will not be able to brave the breeze.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 16 May 2022
• Computers are on the rise as Wall Street’s brave new stock pickers.
  — Alexander Davis, WSJ, 24 Apr. 2017
• Why wait on line and brave the crowded discomfort of the Louvre?
  — Rachel Donadio, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2019
• One by one, those films brave enough to risk a wide release peeked their heads above the parapet and were swiftly mowed down.
  — Vulture, 4 Feb. 2022
• So why would a reporter brave the bubble and leave their lives in the outside world behind?
  — CNN, 31 July 2020
• The more adventurous can brave the two on-site via ferratas or hike up the slot canyon on the new Crater Canyon tour.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2023

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brave

3 of 3 noun

• But the movement started with Burke and a 12-year-old brave enough to speak up.
  — USA Today, 13 Aug. 2020
• As for off the runway, one brave showgoer put the look to the test in Paris, wearing pool slides and socks on the street.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2018
• Not just this team, all our English teams are playing like that—brave on the ball.
  — Jonathan Clegg, WSJ, 10 July 2018
• A brave Perry didn’t back down when asked to rate her famous lovers — from worst to best.
  — Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 11 June 2017
• There is a place for the brave, face-first brawlers, like Orlando Salido.
  — Mark Whicker, Orange County Register, 19 June 2017
• When a storm blows in on the last day, Sadie is brave for her brother and her own fears evaporate.
  — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 5 Mar. 2017
• Kanye West -- talk brave, a hip-hop star supporting Trump.
  — Fox News, 29 Apr. 2018
• The braves demonstrated their prowess with the bow and arrow, the Pilgrims with their muskets.
  — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2018
• Towards the end of the night, the weather cleared up and the brave ventured outside for an alfresco nightcap.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 30 May 2019
• There’s a kind of brave and, perhaps cocky, transparency in choosing a dress that is available off the rack.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2019
• Her brave and good men regard her admission into the Union as a matter of life and death.
  — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 21 June 2018
• The best of the best, the bravest of the brave are not supposed to acknowledge vulnerability on any level.
  — Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2019
• Courier Journal sent one brave, intrepid reporter (me) to search for it on a rainy, windy day this week, but, alas, Bessie had vanished.
  — Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal, 2 Mar. 2018
• And advocates working with the team had painted worry stones with words like strength and brave for the survivors to carry into court the next day.
  — Jason Schmidt, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2018
• Sometimes people tell him he’s brave for speaking openly about it.
  — Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2017
• And then there are the few, the brave, the bonkers—volunteers who happily prepare other people’s tax returns for free.
  — Anne Kadet, WSJ, 11 Apr. 2017
• My older self might yet agree with her, but my current self decided to be a different kind of brave.
  — Neda Semnani, chicagotribune.com, 16 May 2018
• Those who warned against the coming of fascism will congratulate themselves for saving the home of the free and redeeming the land of the brave, which somehow lurched towards the brink.
  — Samuel Moyn, The New York Review of Books, 19 May 2020
• After a black hole of an opening month, these Braves have found that self-assurance does not come easily.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 May 2016
• This is a vision of the nation that has been sold to us by a generation of politicians who talk brave and act gutless, and by the carny shills in the employ of the industries of death.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 2 Oct. 2017
• Many respectable Americans sadly are allowing fear of ridicule and bullying to silence their voices in this land of the free and home of the brave.
  — Mike Masterson, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2020
• The project has turned up a couple of surprises, including two paintings of Indian braves in bold red, white and black — the school’s colors.
  — Anna Webb, idahostatesman, 13 Dec. 2017
• These muses may seem fluent in the not-so-simple art of being themselves, but its their brave, head-high presentations that will pave the way for others to do the same.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2018
• Every year, a crowd of brave, bedecked daredevils lines up along the ocean shore in Virginia Beach, and charges headfirst into the frigid winter waters.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 15 Feb. 2020
• There was brave and reassuring talk by the local politicians, who at times like this are supposed to be brave and reassuring.
  — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2017
• In another attack, an Indian brave was caught crawling through a hole dug beneath a fort’s adobe wall.
  — John MacCormack, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2018
• So grateful for our brave and dedicated @CapitolPolice.
  — baltimoresun.com, 14 June 2017
• And yet Mexican journalists — brave beyond belief — carry on, risking their lives to tell the truth.
  — Don Winslow, Time, 28 June 2017
• Behind the haughty exterior, a leader is emerging who seems to be at once brave, disciplined and thoughtful.
  — The Economist, 30 Sep. 2017
• One thing's for certain — the firefighters called little Khloe brave for not shedding a single tear, and considering the circumstances, that's no small feat.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 27 July 2016

Last Updated: 9 May 2024