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impressed the interviewers with his poise and brio
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This was not the first time Biden has used some brio and bravado to talk about Trump.
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The difference between her fiction and nonfiction is akin to the one between practice and theory, or between a swim in a mountain lake and a lecture, delivered with unexpected brio and occasional thunder, on the properties of water.
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The album, which was recorded in the midst of a tour, captures the band playing with serious heat and interactive brio.
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The stellar assortment of narrators chosen to read these tales (many of which are told in the first person) clearly seized on their roles with a brio equal to that of the man who wrote them.
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Think of Miles Davis, John Coltrane and other jazz giants—but don’t forget Jackson Pollock and his fellow action painters, hurling color onto canvas with spontaneity and brio.
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However, the spirit of the film, directed with brio by Taika Waititi lies in Sakaar.
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Sarah Silverman threw herself into the 2016 election with brio and bite, campaigning for Bernie Sanders and then scolding his rabble-rousing supporters at the Democratic National Convention.
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The recreation of Northern working men’s clubs, with their tawdry glittery curtains and murkily patterned carpets awash in cheap beer, are lovingly recreated and the filmmakers clearly have affection for the spirit and brio of this milieu.
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Origin and Etymology of brio
brio Synonyms
Synonyms
beans, bounce, dash, drive, dynamism, energy, esprit, gas, get-up-and-go, ginger, go, gusto, hardihood, life, moxie, oomph, pep, punch, sap, snap, starch, verve, vigor, vim, vinegar, vitality, zing, zip;
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Near Antonyms
debilitation, debility, delicacy, disablement, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, frailness, frailty, impotence, impotency, infirmity, powerlessness, puniness, slightness, softness, tenderness, weakness;
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animal spirits, animation, briskness, jauntiness, liveliness, snappiness, spirit, spiritedness, sprightliness, spunk, spunkiness, vibrance, vibrancy, vivaciousness, vivacity;
ardor, élan, fervor, fire, passion, zeal;
main, metal, mettle, might, muscle, potency, power, puissance, stamina, strength;
brawniness, fitness, hardiness, huskiness, sturdiness, virility;
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