Truculence and reckless bravado proclaimed themselves in the pose, as he bulked there.

The slenderer of the two showed a kind of reckless bravado by jumping up and down.

Now I was still in the mood of reckless bravado which I had got from bagging the car.

Such a paradox they could not understand, and therefore sank into listless indifference, or shiftlessness, or reckless bravado.

And Roscoe, who accepted their predicament with a kind of reckless bravado, sneered slightly at Tom's evident apprehension.

Instead, with reckless bravado considering her late state of mind, she went to the lamp and turned it up.

There was a reckless bravado in his manner that alarmed his mother, and it was not long before the purpose of his visit came out.

Friends of the youth have since been heard to say that there is such a thing as carrying the spirit of reckless bravado too far.

Bill, with a reckless bravado, as much of rum as of his own nature, again laid all his winnings on one card-this time the queen.

"But it is reckless bravado; it is worse than foolishness," said Beverley, not feeling her mood.

"The desire to see you and a spirit of reckless bravado has kept me here much longer than prudence would dictate."