How to Use alacrity in a Sentence

alacrity

noun
  • She accepted the invitation with an alacrity that surprised me.
  • Remove and serve with alacrity and joy and salsa and/or sour cream.
    — Beth Segal, cleveland, 27 Aug. 2020
  • Lately, the periods of alarm and alacrity seem to have shortened.
    — The Economist, 27 June 2019
  • When Rudy strikes, pins jump and scatter with cartoonish alacrity.
    — Steve Friedman, Esquire, 29 Jan. 2007
  • Despite their ordeal, many children push ahead with resolve, and even alacrity.
    — Megan Specia Brendan Hoffman, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The world moves with the alacrity of an Aroldis Chapman fastball.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 21 June 2017
  • Kansas is acting with healthy alacrity, as if the coach and momentum matter.
    — John Canzano, oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2021
  • But equally troubling is the alacrity with which Japan imposed trade sanctions.
    — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2019
  • The lack of alacrity in decision-making here is, at best, curious.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2022
  • His writing is colorful and his narrative moves with all of the alacrity of a Bourne movie.
    — John Ortved, Vogue, 30 June 2017
  • For a show filled with technical challenges, pacing was swift and scenic transitions ran with smooth alacrity.
    — Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 17 July 2017
  • Keeping up with the volcanic saxophonist could not have been an easy task, but Weiss did it with alacrity.
    — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 22 June 2018
  • Companies have led the charge, swapping in bulbs at their facilities with alacrity.
    — Daniel Gross, Slate Magazine, 2 June 2017
  • With one click, shoppers expect items to be shipped to them with alacrity and precision, across continents and oceans.
    — Esther Fung, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Readers devour his books with an alacrity that is otherwise quite unknown in our domestic book world.
    — Andrew Katzenstein, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Snap is running out of excuses about its Android app, and the company must move with alacrity here.
    — Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2019
  • But the supreme court showed little alacrity in hearing the multiple legal challenges brought before it.
    — Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Vaccinating kids age 12 and up, at the full dosage and same schedule as adults, should continue with alacrity.
    — David Zweig, Wired, 16 July 2021
  • Dive into a corner and the A5 turns in with a kind of alacrity and confidence the two others don’t approach.
    — James Lipman, Car and Driver, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Given the skill and alacrity required to get away with these crimes, police think the perpetrators may have extensive training.
    — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2022
  • In contrast, its air campaign in Lebanon has so far been carried out with astounding accuracy and alacrity.
    — Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024
  • The co-op board, moving with unusual alacrity, convened to approve the application.
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The alacrity with which Hong Kong's private firms sought to prostrate themselves before the state drew scorn in the global business press.
    — Fortune, 24 Aug. 2019
  • Things might have been different had the Revolution acted with alacrity when they were offered Keane.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2019
  • But what sets its methods apart are the alacrity and authenticity of how Andrés and his people interact with those in need.
    — Jennifer McClellan, USA TODAY, 24 May 2022
  • The Obama administration, in fact, moved with relative alacrity to contain the swine flu.
    — Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic, 13 Mar. 2020
  • From moment to moment, both Harding and the orchestra responded with alacrity to the work’s shifting demands.
    — Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Apr. 2018
  • But alacrity was possible because drafting the Declaration required no study.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Gevers blamed the delays on the Breitmans and the media, but concluded that the foundation was now prepared to move forward with alacrity.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, WIRED, 18 June 2018
  • While Congress moves with its typical alacrity, families continue to be dumped at the McAllen bus station.
    — Jennifer Epstein, Bloomberg.com, 28 June 2018

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