briskness
Example Sentences
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Washington led the most active of lives, and the author surveys it with a briskness that makes this biography feel much shorter than it is.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
It ultimately undercuts a narrative whose strongest suit has always been its briskness.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025
Yes, his eventual shot went in off Fabian Schar, but the briskness and intensity of Scotland’s counter was electrifying.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2024
It would require more briskness and directorial ingenuity to make Barry’s Jazz Age hit more than a pleasant-enough museum piece.
From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2022
“I understand this sort of thing is done nowadays,” she said, sitting down on the sofa beside him, trying to sound offhand, but he sensed her discomfort in the uncommon briskness of her words.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
