brisk
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Northerly winds will be fairly brisk around some coasts, and will make it feel rather cool.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
His long blond hair swings across his face as Hawkins loses himself in the moment, tapping into a brisk echo of ’80s rock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Peabody’s brisk pace of sales is in stark contrast to the national housing market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Moderate-to-vigorous activities include brisk walking, running, and cycling.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
It’s a little after eight o’clock on a brisk, crisp night inFebruary, so it’s already dark and the stars have started coming out to play.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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
Harran touched the bays with the whip, urging them to their briskest pace.
From The Octopus : A story of California by Frank Norris
‘At any rate, the deadly lively time has brisked you all up,’ said Bertha, laughing.
From That Stick by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Mrs. Rachel sighed, and then brisked up again.
From Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
"Oh, that's all right," Hewson brisked up in response, as he took the cigar St. John offered him.
From Questionable Shapes by William Dean Howells
True, when it came to getting the Children of Israel out of Egypt, as Cousin Bill J. observed, "Things brisked up considerable."
From The Seeker by Harry Leon Wilson
Modestine brisked up her pace for perhaps three steps, and then relapsed into her former minuet.
From Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes by Robert Louis Stevenson
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
“He wandered off by himself,” Major Coote answered, brisking up a little.
From Athelstane Ford by Allen Upward
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
“Oh rather,” he assented, brisking up at the prospect of a row.
From A Frontier Mystery by Bertram Mitford
"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
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