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A brisk walk through this year’s picks with intriguing bloodlines:
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
A brisk north-easterly wind means that eastern parts of England will feel a drop off in temperatures.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Wealthy buyers who are immune to the challenges of today’s high-interest-rate environment are driving brisk sales of luxury homes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Mostly, though, the film is an ode, a love letter to a much beloved writer, assembled with a brisk and often beautiful collage-like style.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
We walk outside, and the brisk air and gray sky remind me that we’re back home.
From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya
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
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
No such thing," said Peggy in her briskest tones; "what if anything happened to you?
From The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings by Burnham, Margaret
‘At any rate, the deadly lively time has brisked you all up,’ said Bertha, laughing.
From That Stick by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
So then Saxton gave civilization one for its Ma, and talk brisked up.
From Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders by Phillips, Henry Wallace
He woke up when the march was over and brisked up his moustache.
From Villa Rubein, and other stories by Galsworthy, John
House of Commons, Monday, August 7.—House brisked up to-day on approaching Report Stage Home-Rule Bill; over three hundred Members present, including Joseph, fresh from Birmingham; on whole, a melancholy gathering.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 19th 1893 by Various
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 Malet, Lucas
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 Lowndes, Marie Belloc
"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 Huddleston, Mrs. George Croft
“He wandered off by himself,” Major Coote answered, brisking up a little.
From Athelstane Ford by Upward, Allen
“Oh rather,” he assented, brisking up at the prospect of a row.
From A Frontier Mystery by Mitford, Bertram
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 Stevenson, Robert Louis
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