Sentences with phrase «false bravado»

Like his characters, and especially his teen characters, Woodrell's prose mixes tough and tender so thoroughly yet so delicately that we never taste even a hint of false bravado, on the one hand, or sentimentality, on the other.

It starts as false bravado — you're acting like you're cool and confident even when you're not — but if you're convincing enough, people start to believe it.

Set during the depression when riding the rails was a way of life for desperate men (and women), the film follows three characters - Lee Marvin, as Number One, a legend among the grizzled hobos congregating along the rail lines; Ernest Borgnine as Shack, the sadistic conductor perfectly willing to do whatever necessary to keep free loaders off his trains; and a young Keith Carradine as Two - Bit, a novice full of bluster and false bravado out to make a name for himself.

Not surprisingly, arrogant individuals are drawn to companies that value false bravado over a humble earnestness to learn and grow.

The fact that Peter later denied Jesus reveals that Peter was actually a coward whose false bravado was completely dependent on his false conception of the messiah.

The artist is not the only one who has seen through some of our typical false bravado.

Can Brave: The Video Game stand up and buck the trend of movie - based video games or is it really just false bravado?

Or is he desperately trying to keep a particular talking point afloat, in an act of apparent death wish false bravado?

It comes across as false bravado to me, lack of confidence in their position at the root.

This false bravado can send the owner into a state of denial, refusing to acknowledge that her business is on a downward trend and losing value.

As an armchair globetrotter it's easy to acquire a false bravado.

False Bravado will guide me... Let's have some fun @ZANGTOI!!!»

Some of it is false bravado of course.

At the other extreme, overactivity in the solar plexus chakra leads people to become arrogant and overconfident; these behaviors are sometimes nothing but false bravado, although in other cases, they're more genuine.

Either that means they're making missteps they wouldn't make if they were more cautious, or their false bravado is clear to potential dates who are turned off by it.

As a 32 - year - old, watching Oh Boy feels like arriving at a house party full of friends and friends - of - friends: the scrounging in the pockets for change, the false bravado, the self - involvement, insecurity, attempts to fob off the parents, excruciating job interviews, wankers with more money and better clothes, off - putting neighbours and old school friends, awkward mornings - after, and the perennial search for a good coffee...

It also smacks of a false bravado borne out of a raging bull market.»

Seeing an opportunity to cash in on his false bravado, I offered him a wager.

But false bravado isn't some new discovery in the Trump spectrum of personality disorder.

A good resume writer will want to conduct an intake session to hear the client's voice, probe for «pain points» as to what hasn't been working for the client, detect any negativity or false bravado that could be harmful, uncover important stories and «hidden» experiences that could prove beneficial, explore possible career changes leveraging the client's skill set, and learn about the client's immediate and long - term career goals.

All that it takes is naivety, money to burn, time to waste and false bravado to collapse, all that usually occurring within a year or two.