bra·vu·ra brə-ˈvyu̇r-ə 
brä-,
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1
music : a musical passage requiring exceptional agility and technical skill in execution
2
: a florid brilliant style
3
: a show of daring or brilliance
Examples of bravura in a Sentence
Adjective a truly bravura performance of the ballet that brought the crowd to its feet
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Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026 But over-familiarity is, for the most part, swept away by a production of stunning, seductive imagination and bravura execution. —Demetrios Matheou, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026 The bravura production and costume design are respectively by Suzie Davies and Jacqueline Durran, both correctly tipping the outrageous into the tacky. —Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026 Stacey Pelinka gave a poetic and bravura performance, beautifully executing the harmonics, multiphonics, flutter-tonguing, and other extended techniques the piece calls for. —Lisa Hirsch, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Feb. 2026 McAdams and O’Brien deliver almost silent-film-era acting with their faces (there’s one bravura long shot of O’Brien eating a bug that’s absolutely virtuosic), and Raimi’s camera playfully pushes the audience around, offering exaggerated tilts and close-ups. —Katie Walsh, Dallas Morning News, 28 Jan. 2026 The glued sheets of paper typically laid down in grids; bravura brushwork; unruly drips; and stamped imagery of flower blossoms and other forms interrupt the illusionism of Marshall’s scenarios, reminding a viewer of their materiality. —James Meyer, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026 In its more playful moments, the camera seems to cross the threshold between different time frames, or to drift in and out of a character’s consciousness with a mad metaphysical bravura. —Justin Chang, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 23 Apr. 2026 Serpell is also a sometime film critic for the Review, contributing considerations of Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther, Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You, Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite, and a bravura essay about Émile Zola and the movie Zola. —Namwali Serpell, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026 The most eye-catching part of his work is his bravura treatment of light and shadow, an aspect of the style known as preciosismo in Spanish, in which he was much influenced by Fortuny. —Benjamin Lima special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026 Ford put in a bravura performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! —Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026 The many years spent pondering and preparing for a potential attack on Iran are the reason that the first days of the war were, for the most part, a bravura display of American power. —Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026 But over-familiarity is, for the most part, swept away by a production of stunning, seductive imagination and bravura execution. —Demetrios Matheou, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026 The bravura production and costume design are respectively by Suzie Davies and Jacqueline Durran, both correctly tipping the outrageous into the tacky. —Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026 Featuring a bravura performance by Hawke, Blue Moon, Linklater’s ninth collaboration with the actor, presents an evening in the company of 5ft songwriter Lorenz Hart, seven months before his ultimately death aged just 48. —Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
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Noun
The show also features bravura performances from Mark McGrath and Pat O’Brien skewering their bland TV-presenter personas. —Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026 But over-familiarity is, for the most part, swept away by a production of stunning, seductive imagination and bravura execution. —Demetrios Matheou, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026 The bravura production and costume design are respectively by Suzie Davies and Jacqueline Durran, both correctly tipping the outrageous into the tacky. —Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026 Stacey Pelinka gave a poetic and bravura performance, beautifully executing the harmonics, multiphonics, flutter-tonguing, and other extended techniques the piece calls for. —Lisa Hirsch, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Feb. 2026 McAdams and O’Brien deliver almost silent-film-era acting with their faces (there’s one bravura long shot of O’Brien eating a bug that’s absolutely virtuosic), and Raimi’s camera playfully pushes the audience around, offering exaggerated tilts and close-ups. —Katie Walsh, Dallas Morning News, 28 Jan. 2026 The glued sheets of paper typically laid down in grids; bravura brushwork; unruly drips; and stamped imagery of flower blossoms and other forms interrupt the illusionism of Marshall’s scenarios, reminding a viewer of their materiality. —James Meyer, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026 In its more playful moments, the camera seems to cross the threshold between different time frames, or to drift in and out of a character’s consciousness with a mad metaphysical bravura. —Justin Chang, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
Adjective
In a bravura performance, Llúcia Garcia stars as 18-year-old Marina, who travels to the glittering seaside town of Vigo determined to uncover information on her father. —Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 23 Apr. 2026 Serpell is also a sometime film critic for the Review, contributing considerations of Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther, Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You, Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite, and a bravura essay about Émile Zola and the movie Zola. —Namwali Serpell, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026 The most eye-catching part of his work is his bravura treatment of light and shadow, an aspect of the style known as preciosismo in Spanish, in which he was much influenced by Fortuny. —Benjamin Lima special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026 Ford put in a bravura performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! —Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026 The many years spent pondering and preparing for a potential attack on Iran are the reason that the first days of the war were, for the most part, a bravura display of American power. —Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026 But over-familiarity is, for the most part, swept away by a production of stunning, seductive imagination and bravura execution. —Demetrios Matheou, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026 The bravura production and costume design are respectively by Suzie Davies and Jacqueline Durran, both correctly tipping the outrageous into the tacky. —Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026 Featuring a bravura performance by Hawke, Blue Moon, Linklater’s ninth collaboration with the actor, presents an evening in the company of 5ft songwriter Lorenz Hart, seven months before his ultimately death aged just 48. —Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
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