Jones could be the most exciting fighter of the 1990's, a remarkable combination of speed and power and brash confidence.
They closed in brash confidence, their crews beaten limp from perils but narrowly averted.
But the brash confidence of his first mayoral candidacy has given way to the merciless realities of governing.
The cloud warrior's brash confidence was really quite insufferable.
They run at their material with too much brash confidence, as if they could master it by mere force.
Once again, Steve's brash confidence had led them to overlook dangers which, on mature reflection, should have been blindingly obvious.
Yet even at midwinter there would be some daylight, and a brash new confidence was telling Rap that he perhaps did not need light at all.
For its part, Clear Channel appears to regard its rivals' me-too moves with a characteristic brash confidence.
Even as a young and inexperienced cricketer, he showed a "... brash confidence in his own ability."
His eyes were full of brash, mad confidence.