brave
adjective
possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
braver
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comparativeof brave.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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This time around, chairman Mark Ashton says Ipswich have to be "a bit braver" in their approach to the Premier League, and the type of players the club are pursuing reflects that increased ambition.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Still, she imposed what Norman Podhoretz called an “inordinate demand”: that Jews under Hitler be braver and nobler than ordinary people could be expected to be when murderers held all the power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Others are salacious — the kind of letters we might write if we were braver, bolder, well, Eve Babitz.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
"If we want to make the change we were sent into government to make, we have to be braver," the Manchester MP added.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
He is trying to make me feel braver, she thought, and was grateful.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
