She tried to 'put on/up a brave face/front' [=she tried to appear brave or calm] despite the pain of the injury.
The company was slow to enter the 'brave new world' of computer technology.
I had to 'brave the elements' [=go out in bad weather] to get to work.
(..) to bergen town on her own. Totally sure she'd make it to bergen town. I know that I must leave the only home I've ever known and brave the dangers of the forest saving them before they're eaten Looking up at a sunny sky so shiny and blue and there's a butterfly got a pocket full of songs (..)2016 Trolls