Human-verified examples from authoritative sources
Exact Expressions
60 human-written examples
Whether you sit astride a mass of power in Westminster or in banking, in Whitehall or in Brussels, Wycliffe's words will become ever more insistent," said the MP, who before sitting astride the Westminster power mass for nine years as a Tory bravely straddled the beast of fund management for six.
Yet their failure to take one of those chances might have been costly if Speroni had not saved bravely at Troy Deeney's feet two minutes into the first spell of extra time.
Kennedy bravely opposed the invasion of Iraq as well as his party's coalition with the Tories.
Football is a better game with players like Clark bravely plucking marks out of the pack.
While all of this is more openly discussed now than a decade ago, thanks partly to individual MPs bravely speaking up about their experience of mental illness, the Commons could do more to support vulnerable members – particularly when they lose their seats.
I was hoping that my status as an alumnus, my fundraising track record with Amref (African Medical & Research Foundation) and the fact that I had bravely faced pre-marital wrath to take the interview, would outweigh my woeful knowledge of the higher education sector.
But on a wall near the entrance, someone has bravely painted: "Open now".
In the UK the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has been dogged in exposing the scandal (not easy given the Uzbek approach to "dissenting" journalists), collecting evidence bravely provided by those out in the field.
And the complainant's fiancée, who says shoes are her real passion in life, has told the papers she will stand by her man and bravely weather the storm.
Knausgaard, feeling trapped by young children, bravely confronts the enemy and then recruits it to the cause of what Connolly called "good art".
So it is presumably for a celebrated performance in the The Stud, the pornographic movie in which a naked Dame Joan stood out by bravely feigning sex on a swing, that both the honours committee's Sir Bob Kerslake and the Queen felt compelled to thank her, on all our behalves, exalting her over colleagues such as Julie Walters, Victoria Wood, and Helen McCrory.
Show more... Source & Trust
89%
Authority and reliability
Real-world application tested
The adverb "bravely" primarily functions as a manner adverb , modifying verbs to describe how an action is performed. It emphasizes the courageous nature of the action. As Ludwig AI explains, it correctly and effectively describes actions performed with valor or fearlessness.
Expression frequency: Very common
