quicksilver
Example Sentences
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But after that, Carpenter’s quicksilver timing and ease, plus a diverse set of sketches, put the episode over the top.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2025
That combination of hard-running forward and quicksilver backs, connecting with superb handling skills, was in evidence again and again.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025
Above all, he was fast, possessed of that urgent, quicksilver sort of speed that carries with it an air of permanent menace.
From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2023
That day in Brighton, their hits were low, their energy was high and South Africa, try as they might, couldn't pin down Japan's quicksilver handling game.
From BBC • Sep. 17, 2023
Their different treads, as if even as spirits they retained their personalities, Patria’s sure and measured step, Minerva’s quicksilver impatience, Mate’s playful little skip.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
