quicksilver
Example Sentences
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All would be lost, however, without Mays’ quicksilver brilliance — the way he can shift from savage irony to vindictive rage to godless despair in the space of a line.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
But after that, Carpenter’s quicksilver timing and ease, plus a diverse set of sketches, put the episode over the top.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2025
Together, the combination of big target man Withe and quicksilver Shaw alongside him turned Villa first into league champions in May 1981, then European champions in 1982.
From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024
Prosecutors, too, seemed sometimes frustrated by both the quicksilver pace of her answers — she is a fast talker, with little filter — and the consistent objections by the defense, many of which Merchan upheld.
From New York Times • May 7, 2024
The steel ladder was made of paper, of silk, of quicksilver, of air.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
