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brio

[bree-oh, bree-aw] / ˈbri oʊ, ˈbri ɔ /


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The singers embraced the madness with brio, especially Mr. Liverman, who invited audience participation, including a singalong.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

“Troublemaker” logs Mitford’s travels and transformations with brio, even while Ms. Kaplan details accounts of the civil-rights causes Mitford threw herself into.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

Ensemble brio, thrillingly in evidence in the live-stream presentation of the New York production, is still the hallmark of a play that sees community as the only reliable answer to impossible times.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 7, 2025

With unapologetic brio, Tortorici, cinematographer Massimiliano Kuveiller and editor Marco Costa empty out their tool kit of angles, splits, tracks, smudges, zooms, smashes, jumps, needle drops, montages and text cards.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2025

Other men have painted single heads as well or better: but Hals stands alone in his gusto, his abundance, his surpassing brio.

From A Wanderer in Holland by Herbert Marshall, R.W.S.




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