The thing was done knowingly, and with a certain brio, he acknowledged; but it seemed rather exotic and already slightly out of date.
"Under the Skylights"
Henry Blake Fuller
The whirr of the fan in no way drowned the voice, which now went on to proclaim with much brio that the temple bells were ringing and the month of marriages was drawing near.
"Jan and Her Job"
L. Allen Harker
He protests energetically against the academic virtues, and insists on the importance of forming a personal style which shall reproduce the vivacity, brio, and feverish activity of the best talk.
"Renée Mauperin"
Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt