brave
adjective
possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
was braving
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past progressiveof brave.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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So far, he said his most extreme effort was braving -10C for seven hours, stripped to the waist in hiking boots and running shorts.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
She was braving the water without a wetsuit until Christmas 1968.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2023
One pillar of the group was Mr. Cornell, who was braving a commute that ranged from 30 minutes to over two hours through morning traffic and had spent weeks mulling a return to public transit.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
Barely 100 yards down the road from the Rosa volunteers on Saturday, another campaign group was braving the rain to spread its message.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2017
He was braving all Europe, in his hopeless way, and refusing to leave France, in accordance with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.
From Historical Mysteries by Andrew Lang
