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However, with high pressure centred across the north of the UK, a brisk easterly breeze will affect southern and eastern areas on Tuesday.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Oracle, which has borrowed aggressively to fund data-center development, saw its shares gain 11% to $144.54 after it forecast brisk revenue growth and said its capital-expenditure binge will soon peak.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Analysts are parsing the impact of Robinhood’s brisk rollout of new services and products.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 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

Nothing unkind was meant by the brisk efficiency of these celebrations.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

The show, the first in a five-part series, is considerably brisker than that.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

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

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2023

Musicians and tech people have all become brisker about interactions, communicating online and speaking quickly and efficiently in rehearsals.

From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2022

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

It was one of the briskest times of day, and the short street and the steps of the building were alive with young people of both sexes.

From Maurice Guest by Henry Handel Richardson

His healthy side brisked up as he turned and looked toward a door to the left: "Ragni!" he called.

From In God's Way A Novel by Bj?rnstjerne Bj?rnson

His footsteps brisked up, as he met and treated them to a discreetly sympathetic and intelligent observation, only to lag again wearily as soon as they had passed.

From Deadham Hard by Lucas Malet

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

The night air and moonlight brisked him up; he felt a reaction towards Sabina and perceived that she must have suffered a good deal.

From The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts

She was feeling quite brisked up by her interview with Shaw, and her indignation supplied her with strength.

From Good Luck by L. T. Meade

“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

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 Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson

"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

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

From Athelstane Ford by Allen Upward