as in vigor
active strength of body or mind
impressed the interviewers with his poise and brio
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Recent Examples of brio
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.
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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
Brimming with charisma and brio, Trump came from the political wilderness in 2016 to win the presidency, seeming to many the nation’s deliverance from proliferating woes.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2024
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
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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
Brimming with charisma and brio, Trump came from the political wilderness in 2016 to win the presidency, seeming to many the nation’s deliverance from proliferating woes.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brio
Noun
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Premature removal of the plant foliage reduces plant vigor and bulb size.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2025
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Habba emerged as one of Trump’s fiercest media surrogates while one of his personal attorneys, defending the then-former president with vigor both in the courtroom and on TV.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
24 Mar. 2025
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Alexander Smirnov was sentenced to six years in prison in January after pleading guilty to lying to his FBI handler about the Biden family's ties to a Ukrainian energy company -- in addition to a series of unrelated tax fraud charges.—
Alexander Mallin,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Wade scored 157 points over the last four games, all Heat wins, and turned in a damn-near-perfect performance in the elimination game, playing with relentless energy on both sides of the ball.—
D. Watkins,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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Then the blue team can get control of at least one chamber and again do nothing, but do it with the special verve that comes from gridlock: power without responsibility.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
11 Apr. 2025
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With verve and drama, Durham draws us into the swirl of Soviet dancers, defectors, filmmakers, and politicians.—
April Austin,
The Christian Science Monitor,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Brio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brio. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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