: enthusiastic vigor : vivacity, verve
sings with brio

Examples of brio in a Sentence

impressed the interviewers with his poise and brio
Recent Examples on the Web Known for his brash attitude and flashy designer suits, super-lobbyist Tony Podesta’s Washington, D.C., mansion, which just sold for $8.2 million, exhibits the same sort of eye-catching brio. Mark David, Robb Report, 25 Jan. 2024 The Shangri-Las had six Top 40 singles between 1964 and 1966, all produced with brio by Mr. Morton. Gavin Edwards, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024 But few writers could assemble dry facts and telling details with more gusto and brio. Jonathan Kandell, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023 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. 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

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Word History

Etymology

Italian

First Known Use

1731, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of brio was in 1731

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“Brio.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brio. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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