brave front
Frequency: 7.613.4 per million words
An act of behaving bravely to hide fear or sadness.
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Examples (10)
- She put on a brave front, but I knew how miserable she was.
- He managed to keep up a brave front throughout the interview.
- Despite the bad news, they presented a brave front to the press.
- I tried to maintain a brave front for the kids, though I was terrified.
- The team showed a brave front after the defeat, promising to bounce back.
- She has been keeping a brave front at work, even while grieving.
- We put up a brave front so the clients wouldn’t panic.
- Behind his brave front lay a deep uncertainty about the future.
- The company is putting on a brave front, but the numbers tell another story.
- I can’t keep this brave front much longer.