"Once, when I looked up, I seemed to see a smile behind his close grayish beard--as if he had the secret, and were amusing himself by holding it back from me. That exasperated me still more. The secret? Why, I had a secret worth twenty of his! I dashed at the canvas furiously, and tried some of my bravura tricks. But they failed me, they crumbled. I saw that he wasn't watching the showy bits--I couldn't distract his attention; he just kept his eyes on the hard passages between. Those were the ones I had always shirked, or covered up with some lying paint.英文原著 · 《Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton-Part 2》
"Signor Belletti was the next mark of expectation. In one of Rossini's most ornate and florid bravura songs (from Maometto Secondo) he produced a barytone of such warm, rich, solid, resonant and feeling quality as we perhaps have never heard in this country (though without closer observation from the less remote position in which a barytone naturally requires to be heard, we hardly dare to place it above Badiali's); while in refinement of conception and of execution he left little to be desired.英文原著 · 《Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum》
For the Dinkey-Bird's bravuras And staccatos are so sweet - His roulades, appoggiaturas, And robustos so complete, That the youth of every nation - Be they near or far away - Have especial delectation In that gladsome roundelay.英文原著 · 《Love-Songs of Childhood》
BRAVURA--SOPHIA Hark! 'tis the deep-toned midnight bell, That bids a sad and long farewell To the departed hour; How like a dirge its music falls Within these cold and dreary walls, Where stern misfortunes lower!英文原著 · 《Poems》
AI 补充例句（附中文翻译）
The pianist ended the concerto with a display of pure technical bravura.钢琴家以纯粹的技巧展示结束了这场协奏曲。
Her performance was a bravura piece that left the entire audience speechless.
He delivered a bravura speech that inspired everyone in the crowded room.他发表了一篇华美的演讲，激励了拥挤房间里的每一个人。