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Temperatures will generally be around or a little below the seasonal norm and it will feel particularly chilly in southern England and south Wales where there will be a brisk easterly breeze.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

After a pianissimo, ambient rumble combined with a brisk layer of tapping, both produced inside the piano, a gentle, melancholy theme is played on the keyboard, repeating and gradually expanding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Theater operators have seen brisk sales of snacks, popcorn, and limited-edition movie themed merchandise.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Aerobic exercise is physical activity that increases heart rate and breathing, such as brisk walking, swimming, or cycling.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

With a brisk cheery manner she scooped up a handful of soil, rubbing it into her paws to give some extra gripping power.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

While heatwave conditions will continue across many parts of England and Wales through this coming week, a brisker wind means temperatures have dropped a degree or two relative to recent days.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

From time to time I’ll make an exception and settle into a relative page-turner: nothing with cliffhangers or lots of hand-to-hand combat, mind you, but with a brisker narrative pace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

A brisker, more classically mounted western might have kept her offscreen, relegating her to the sheriff’s back story.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2024

We would be in a better place if the speed had been brisker.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2023

One morning there was a different smell in the air, and the ship was moving oddly, with a brisker rocking from side to side instead of the plunging and soaring.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

Mid-Atlantic region unexpectedly accelerated in August to the briskest pace since April and firms reported input price pressures eased to the lowest since late 2020.

From Reuters ● Aug. 18, 2022

The planets are putting on an amazing celestial show nightly, and many regions of the country are about to host some of the briskest bird traffic of the year.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2021

Ms. Mearns, never rushed by this, creates marvelous dynamic variety within it, often finding time to phrase with seeming slowness, while rising to its briskest passages as if riding the full power of a wave.

From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2015

British factories followed Asia's lead, increasing activity at the fastest rate in seven months while creating new jobs in at the briskest pace in more than three years.

From Reuters ● Jul. 1, 2014

No such thing," said Peggy in her briskest tones; "what if anything happened to you?

From The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings by Margaret Burnham

Bakers' shops were piled high with WEIHNACHTSSTOLLEN, which were a special mark of the festival: cakes shaped like torpedoes, whose sugared, almonded coats brisked brown and tempting.

From Maurice Guest by Henry Handel Richardson

Now, however, she brisked up, and insisted upon hearing the whole story.

From The Red Derelict by Bertram Mitford

Mrs. Rachel sighed, and then brisked up again.

From Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

And so she pulled her hat further over her face, and brisked up her steps in the direction of the BRAUSTRASSE—a street which she disliked, and never entered if she could avoid it.

From Maurice Guest by Henry Handel Richardson

House of Commons, Monday, August 7.—House brisked up to-day on approaching Report Stage Home-Rule Bill; over three hundred Members present, including Joseph, fresh from Birmingham; on whole, a melancholy gathering.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 19th 1893 by Various

“He wandered off by himself,” Major Coote answered, brisking up a little.

From Athelstane Ford by Allen Upward

“Oh rather,” he assented, brisking up at the prospect of a row.

From A Frontier Mystery by Bertram Mitford

She was relieved to see that the oddly assorted men and women about her were brisking up, and beginning to talk, even to laugh, with one another.

From From out the Vasty Deep by Marie Belloc Lowndes

"Such a charming musical evening—such a treat!" said she, brisking up, and quite unaware of what had been passing round her the last two hours.

From Bluebell A Novel by Mrs. George Croft Huddleston

As I write, the breeze is brisking up, doors are beginning to slam, and shutters; a strong draught sweeps round the balcony; it looks doubtful for to-morrow.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson