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Recent Examples of brio There’s nothing minor about Chablis’ role here: Ghee commands the stage with so much zest, brio and life that everything else feels sepia-toned by comparison. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2024 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 Part of shutting yourself off to such horrors involves being able to move past them, and Civil War, like its characters, glides past each monstrous vignette with unbothered brio. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 May 2024 Everything is staged with confidence and brio, agreed Charlotte Jones on What's on Stage, and the cast is top-notch. The Week Uk, theweek, 14 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for brio
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Noun
  • Severe and repeated cases of scale can cause branches to die and reduce a tree’s overall vigor.
    Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
  • As Zidler, Petkoff portrays with vigor a self-serving weasel, albeit with a heart.
    Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • Low energy is also frequently reported among folks with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)—a disorder that causes hormonal imbalances, irregular periods, and other symptoms like excessive hair growth and acne.
    Julia Ries, SELF, 23 June 2025
  • Any final decision to close the waterway rests with the country's national security council, and its possibility has raised the specter of higher energy prices and aggravated geopolitical tensions, with Washington calling upon Beijing to prevent the strait's closure.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Which, of course, is how Trump made his own rise, promising, with showman verve, to be the voice of the toiling voiceless who increasingly are in danger of becoming the working poor.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
  • And the manner in which Victor presents this narrative, with such verve and confidence and tenderness and pitch-black humor, defies easy description.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025

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“Brio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brio. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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