Verve, in Venezia

Usage examples of brio.

He was a distant cousin, Brio Hood, devoid of charm, and fanatically loyal to the Prince of Berylon.

He dared not leave a warning at the window, or beside the rail for Brio to see.

Chilled, he moved quickly, found the wall, and followed it, to get them out before Brio gave them like a birthday present to the Prince of Berylon.

He swayed suddenly, tried to keep his balance, wondering why he could not speak, why he could only watch while Brio made adjustments to the small thing in his hand.

He caught himself trying to imagine what Brio had seen, what had killed him.

Caladrius, who still had some trouble speaking, simply pointed out that he and Brio should not both disappear at the same time.

My father grows impatient and disturbed, for Brio has never failed my father in his life.

Searching had led him to Tormalyne Palace, into that deadly room where, as far as he knew, Brio Hood still lay moldering on the stones at his feet.

Far beyond the bridge he could see Brio Bay sparkling in the afternoon Tight, its blue-green waters dotted with white skimboats.

Laedo more than once observed Brio wipe a tear from his eye as he watched his daughter being fussed over by her mother.

Tom had said, with such brio that the lecturer had half-believed him and almost apologised for the wasted journey since he had a return ticket and a girlfriend with him.

Full of zip and brio, especially the kick-ass Jennifer, they whiz through this story like bright icons who also have surprising depths.

The picture had careened as Robbie had entered the restaurant, tossing off morning greetings with characteristic brio to the owner and several members of the staff.

Mister Bredford manages the part of young Randal with enough brio and costume changes to bolster a sagging career, plunging into the early battle scenes with commendable bloodthirsty zeal, and handling himself convincingly enough in those steamily explicit sexual encounters where all eyes are, in any event, on the voluptuous attributes of the tempestuous daughter of the neighboring plantation, played with an abandon obscuring any notions of her own acting ability by the stunning Nordic-Eurasian discovery Anga Frika in her first American starring role, had enough?

King Sten, had escaped from the Battle of Horn Bay by sheer brio and superior seamanship, outrunning a dozen Eyran vessels which had been captured by the enemy and were now crewed by mercenaries and slaves under Istrian command.