quicksilver
Example Sentences
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That combination of hard-running forward and quicksilver backs, connecting with superb handling skills, was in evidence again and again.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025
"Christian Cullen," Halse said, referencing the quicksilver All Black full-back who scored 46 tries in 58 Tests for New Zealand.
From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025
Also known as quicksilver, mercury is a neurotoxin that can affect the nervous system and kidneys, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025
Above all, he was fast, possessed of that urgent, quicksilver sort of speed that carries with it an air of permanent menace.
From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2023
I had been on the other side of the river buying a dram of quicksilver and a pouch of sea salt.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
