How to Use alacrity in a Sentence

alacrity

noun

• She accepted the invitation with an alacrity that surprised me.
• The world moves with the alacrity of an Aroldis Chapman fastball.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 21 June 2017
• So many people embraced the one click life with alacrity.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 25 Mar. 2021
• Remove and serve with alacrity and joy and salsa and/or sour cream.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 27 Aug. 2020
• So there is no reason to be moving with too much alacrity.
  — Eric Morath, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2018
• Lately, the periods of alarm and alacrity seem to have shortened.
  — The Economist, 27 June 2019
• His writing is colorful and his narrative moves with all of the alacrity of a Bourne movie.
  — John Ortved, Vogue, 30 June 2017
• 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
• When Rudy strikes, pins jump and scatter with cartoonish alacrity.
  — Steve Friedman, Esquire, 29 Jan. 2007
• 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
• But equally troubling is the alacrity with which Japan imposed trade sanctions.
  — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2019
• 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
• Kansas is acting with healthy alacrity, as if the coach and momentum matter.
  — John Canzano, oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2021
• The lack of alacrity in decision-making here is, at best, curious.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2022
• Snap is running out of excuses about its Android app, and the company must move with alacrity here.
  — Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2019
• Despite their ordeal, many children push ahead with resolve, and even alacrity.
  — Megan Specia Brendan Hoffman, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
• 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
• 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
• The results themselves would have had a similar impact even had they been announced with alacrity.
  — Noah Millman, TheWeek, 6 Feb. 2020
• Can it be ridden on the interstate with moderate alacrity?
  — Joe Michaud, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2020
• But, even if the U.S. government had acted with alacrity and competence, there are limits to what such a system can do.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2020
• English is full of doublets, because of the Norman Conquest of 1066 and because of the alacrity with which the language continues to adopt words from other tongues.
  — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2021
• 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
• Companies have led the charge, swapping in bulbs at their facilities with alacrity.
  — Daniel Gross, Slate Magazine, 2 June 2017
• And Winston ran the Spartans’ break with alacrity, including a length-of-the-court driving layup in traffic which took him all of 7 seconds to go end-to-end after an Iowa basket.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2020
• Indeed, fast-moving technology companies wield the letter of the law against the spirit of the laws with a skill and alacrity that would make Montesquieu’s head explode.
  — Matt Sekerke, National Review, 1 Oct. 2021
• 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
• 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
• Yet with the war well into its second year and no end in sight, the U.S. government has shown little alacrity in kick-starting domestic enrichment.
  — Max Bearak, New York Times, 14 June 2023
• But, with unusual alacrity, authorities have used subpoenas and police powers to freeze boats suspected of having links to the Russian élite.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024