How To Use Briskness In A Sentence
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Their briskness across the stones, their ability to walk untroubled through current and spray and emerge with beaks crammed with larvae, the explosive calls and trilling year-round song that pierced through even this amplified rush of water over rock, were an abundant delight.
Country diary: Hay-on-Wye
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An elderly, white-haired man strode down the steps of Nagglfar Hall with a briskness that belied his years.
Starcraft II: Devils’ Due
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There's a chill in the night air, and a certain briskness to the mornings.
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Still, it's a triumph for the ENO, with the principals being given luxurious support by Christine Rice's warm mezzo muse/schoolboy, Clive Bayley taking the four bass-baritone "villain" roles and the orchestra conducted with convincing briskness by Anthony Walker.
In 'Tales of Hoffmann,' All's Fair in Love
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Under the briskness and brusquerie, he was a softie and our respect for him was matched by our fondness.
'Under the briskness, he was a softie' | Julian Barnes
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Their briskness across the stones, their ability to walk untroubled through current and spray and emerge with beaks crammed with larvae, the explosive calls and trilling year-round song that pierced through even this amplified rush of water over rock, were an abundant delight.
Country diary: Hay-on-Wye
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The story unfolds with unaccustomed briskness, and the period setting seems exactly right.
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That sparkling briskness -- the tang -- which is the best the temperate climate has to offer, gives the Native Son his high powered strenuosity.
The Native Son
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He retains much of the briskness and forthrightness of his early naval career.
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(Changing his tone abruptly to businesslike briskness.)
THEFT
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The trio exited the station into the crisp briskness of the winter afternoon and hurried for the carriage.
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Then the movement and the chill evening air seemed to restore her usual briskness, and she proceeded to describe to the children the exact situation of the "appartement" which she and Adolphe would occupy on their return to Paris, and make many brilliant plans for the future.
Susan A Story for Children
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The underlying aural signature was somewhat agricultural, but when hammered hard the engine snarled and yanked the car up to merging or passing speed with delightful briskness.
Mini Cooper convertible is cute but quirky
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Upon which design of variety it is, that the poets never represent the same persons always victorious or prosperous or acting with the same constant tenor of virtue; — yea, even the gods themselves, when they engage in human actions, are not represented as free from passions and errors; — lest, for the want of some difficulties. and cross passages, their poems should be destitute of that briskness which is requisite to move and astonish the minds of men.
Essays and Miscellanies
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Not even the breachiest of breachy young heifers could be expected to tinkle a cowbell with such briskness.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights
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It was pretty hot out, a change from the briskness of the past few days.
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He ushered them all into the stagecoach with a briskness that somewhat annoyed Tabitha.
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With determined briskness, Amy stood up and put their cups back on the tray.
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And all these vehicles went by with a cheerful briskness; there was hardly ever a block for them in the traffic.
Max
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Moving the ball with briskness, thus resulting in open jumpers from 15 to 20 feet for Celtic distance shooters Danny Ainge, Dennis Johnson and, of course, Larry Bird, Boston blissfully bombed away from long-range.
One Season
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It would also have full marks for briskness and aroma.
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