briskness

And his first few words were spoken with a new briskness.

But he still felt a mild briskness in the air.

With the briskness of one whose feelings have been hurt.

"No reason for us to join them," I said, with perhaps too much briskness.

There was a moment's pause before his voice came back with added briskness.

"That I can do," he said with a show of briskness.

He paused and looked around, his voice losing some of its briskness.

The king and the prince followed him with equal briskness.

The new manager is already developing a reputation for briskness in getting things done.

After a moment, Miriam spoke with an attempt at briskness.

The very briskness of the air seems to invite me outdoors and to work.

It had come across as a sympathetic briskness in that first interview room.

Figures were passed around from one instrument to another with great briskness and energy, but nothing particular was being said.

He rapped the words out with a certain degree of briskness.

"Make it six, if you can," Tom said with continued briskness.

She felt no interest in the general briskness and zest of the crowds.

As she walked to the building, sunshine took some of the briskness from morning autumn air.

But she collected her old briskness for a few words to the assembled officers.

There was a briskness about the general that was not present at their last meeting.

"They can help till the parents arrive,"Jessica said with some briskness.

There is an autumn briskness in the air here.

That's neither here nor there,' he said, with false briskness.

Despite his excitement he did not move with his old briskness.

He spoke in a voice whose briskness belied his tired face.

The two of them chased him away with a briskness no husband in the Empire could withstand.