brisk

Example Sentences

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Policy decisions can pull yields in different directions, particularly when geopolitical events are moving at a brisk clip.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

But at times the strain of keeping up the brisk timing of the movie to fill two hours of stage time on essentially a single set results in comic vamping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

By Wednesday, the UK will be dominated by cold, brisk north to north-west winds, reaching gale force in places.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

A summer sky appears “fitful and whimsical in a brisk north breeze.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

Even the squawking of the rainbowed birds was brisk and the stars were hard pinpoints in the sharp night.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov