brave
adjective
possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
braved
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past participleof brave.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof brave.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
braveadjectivepossessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
Example Sentences
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Hundreds of fans braved temperatures of around 40C outside T-Mobile Arena for the ceremonial event on Friday evening.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Mwiche Nalupumbwe, 26, was among hundreds who braved the morning chill to queue at polling stations well before they opened.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Earlier, thousands of demonstrators defied a massive police presence and braved wind and rain to gather without incident.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
The Battle of Karbala took place in what is now Iraq, and for the few hundred residents who braved a shaky ceasefire to return to this city, it has never felt closer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
On June 10, 1942, three Po-2s of the 588th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment finally braved their very first combat mission at the front.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
