bravo
interjection
(used in praising a performer.)
bravoes
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pluralof bravo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He lived at the house opposite to the cottage of Lucy, and had witnessed from the window the alarm of the bravoes, when Griso endeavoured to collect them in the court-yard.
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni
The bravoes no longer caused him much uneasiness now that he felt confidence in their master.
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni
One would suppose that at the sound of such denunciations from so powerful a source, all the bravoes must have disappeared for ever.
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni
They reached Malanotte; bravoes were at the door, who bowed to the Unknown, glancing with eager curiosity at his companion, and the litter.
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni
Long before this, however, the alarm had been given to other personages of our story; the bravoes in one place; and Agnes and Perpetua in another.
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni
