briskness
Example Sentences
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It ultimately undercuts a narrative whose strongest suit has always been its briskness.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025
Yes, his eventual shot went in off Fabian Schar, but the briskness and intensity of Scotland’s counter was electrifying.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2024
“His briskness in Chopin’s famous Funeral March restored dignity to the usual mopiness,” Times critic Bernard Holland wrote in a review of a 2007 recital at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2021
Her briskness and wit keep up the comic tempo.
From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2021
“I understand this sort of thing is done nowadays,” she said, sitting down on the sofa beside him, trying to sound offhand, but he sensed her discomfort in the uncommon briskness of her words.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
