brave
adjective
possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
am braving
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present progressiveof brave (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The cold continues and I am braving temperatures of minus fifteen.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
Perhaps you think that I am braving you in what I am saying now, as in what I said before about the tears and prayers.
From Apology by Benjamin Jowett
I’ll be happy every day to think I am braving the dangers my boy has braved before me.
From In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism by Gordon Stables
You judge of him by seeing how heroic I am braving my aunt’s wrath!
From A Dog with a Bad Name by Talbot Baines Reed
You may remain here, where you will have an easy part to play, in making yourself agreeable to the fair Rosarita, while I am braving the perils of this unknown frontier.
From Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora by Mayne Reid
