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brio

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


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All this is conveyed with immense brio, introducing many fascinating insights and characters.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 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

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

"Signed a hundred NDAs but I still say something," she snarls with punky brio over an Oh Mickey drumbeat.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2025

The tempo of the first movement, which begins after a grand pause, is allegro con brio, and the first subject is given out in a sparkling cascade of sound.

From A Book of Burlesques by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)




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