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Recent Examples of brio But the twins haven’t lost any of their stylistic brio, upping the ante on gruesome imagery in this much bleaker film. Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 30 May 2025 The untethered, anarchic, comic brio of Robbins’ novels feels incompatible with today’s world, as though the intervening years have been explicitly designed to stamp out this spirit and replace it with something that can be bought and sold, something governable. John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025 At Atletico, his natural brio repeatedly slammed into the brick wall of Diego Simeone’s personality. Jack Lang, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025 Darcy’s singing may sometimes bring to mind the stentorian declamations of the Fall’s Mark E. Smith, but there’s also a strain of petulant hot-guy brio in his voice that a Strokes fan might recognize. Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for brio
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Noun
  • When beating, whip with vigor using a fork instead of a whisk.
    Megan Zhang, Saveur, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The Gilded Heiress dips into the world of the wealthy, but its primary focus is on the working-class, which Shupe renders with electric vigor in a genre so often dominated by those breathing rarefied air.
    EW.com, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As the evening goes on, DJs take over the rooftop, giving the night a festival-like energy against the Fort Worth skyline.
    Tiffani Jackson Skinner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
  • According to sources at Valdebebas, the teenager has impressed with his energy, tireless running, constant offering for the ball and strong personality.
    Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Djokovic’s shots were not quite on-target early and, but for a brief interlude in the second set, his usual verve was not present.
    Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • And yet there’s an unquestionable high-tech Zen verve to the space.
    Anthony Paletta, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Brio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brio. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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