alacrity

Example Sentences

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He eventually decided that playing seated gave him more alacrity on the keyboard and was easier to improvise.

From Washington Post

Congress is empowered to reject or modify any D.C. legislation, and the House and Senate can quash the city’s spending plans with the same alacrity with which they killed its criminal code reform.

From Washington Post

“Frankly, the breathlessness and alacrity with which stories like this one are promoted, in the face of very incomplete and confusing ‘data,’ leaves me frustrated and concerned,” he said.

From Washington Post

Despite their ordeal, many children push ahead with resolve, and even alacrity.

From New York Times

But it is a further testament to Serpell’s abilities and alacrity as an artist that, this time, I was completely in the thrall of the thing she made.

From Los Angeles Times