Synonyms
Examples of brio in a Sentence
impressed the interviewers with his poise and brio
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With narrative elegance, formal brio and exquisite feeling, Cooper ushers Felicia into the spotlight and sometimes shunts the attention-hogging Lenny off into the wings.
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
The frills at the front of Maria Robbins’s black walking dress become like a flowering vine painted with the brio of a Manet still life.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
Flora, played with brio by Eve Hewson, is a single mother in Dublin with a fractious relationship with troublemaking teen son Max (Orén Kinlan).
—Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
McBride unfolds the efforts to rescue Dodo, plus side plots involving crackpot business schemes and sleazy bigwigs, with his trademark skill, brio, and frank talk.
—Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Oct. 2023
Just a 5 minute ferry ride from downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn, this tropical oasis of lush greenery and bohemian brio will bring New Yorkers to the lush tropical jungle of the Yucatan and white sand beaches of Tulum ever leaving New York City.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 17 Sep. 2023
None too funny, but animated with winning brio by Ramírez Ramos.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 9 June 2023
The sight of this accomplished ensemble unapologetically embracing the conventions of a traditionally male genre — and deploying those conventions with such confidence and brio — might be the biggest thrill to hit the big screen this year since Tom Cruise climbed into his old Grumman F-14.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022
Behind the scenes, all is being managed carefully by the hidden master of the yellow press, an illiterate but canny publisher named Dauriat who is played by the incomparable Gérard Depardieu with his typical world-conquering brio.
—Kyle Smith, WSJ, 9 June 2022
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
The frills at the front of Maria Robbins’s black walking dress become like a flowering vine painted with the brio of a Manet still life.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
Flora, played with brio by Eve Hewson, is a single mother in Dublin with a fractious relationship with troublemaking teen son Max (Orén Kinlan).
—Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
McBride unfolds the efforts to rescue Dodo, plus side plots involving crackpot business schemes and sleazy bigwigs, with his trademark skill, brio, and frank talk.
—Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Oct. 2023
Just a 5 minute ferry ride from downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn, this tropical oasis of lush greenery and bohemian brio will bring New Yorkers to the lush tropical jungle of the Yucatan and white sand beaches of Tulum ever leaving New York City.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 17 Sep. 2023
None too funny, but animated with winning brio by Ramírez Ramos.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 9 June 2023
The sight of this accomplished ensemble unapologetically embracing the conventions of a traditionally male genre — and deploying those conventions with such confidence and brio — might be the biggest thrill to hit the big screen this year since Tom Cruise climbed into his old Grumman F-14.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022
Behind the scenes, all is being managed carefully by the hidden master of the yellow press, an illiterate but canny publisher named Dauriat who is played by the incomparable Gérard Depardieu with his typical world-conquering brio.
—Kyle Smith, WSJ, 9 June 2022
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Word History
Etymology
Italian
First Known Use
1731, in the meaning defined above
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“Brio.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brio. Accessed 10 Dec. 2023.
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