Sentence examples for less alacrity from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile, several other high-profile projects planned for Jersey City are proceeding with less alacrity.

The fact that "pharmaceutical" preparations create these problems with somewhat less alacrity than heroin (which is still pharmaceutically prescribed in the UK) is more than offset by their increased relative availability – which this new article suggests is increasing.

But as long as black lives are continually shown not to matter, some of us will continue to experience the tragedy of fallen officers with a bit less alacrity than our white friends.

The second is that during a downturn the government must act dramatically to foster economic activity instantly, especially consumer activity, the quality of the growth mattering less than the alacrity of the response.

The alacrity with which Palestinians took to throwing stones smells less to Israelis of spontaneous rage than of carefully choreographed blackmail.In some ways, and certainly to Israeli hardliners, the feeling of being besieged is a familiar refuge.

And though the Broadway-trained Monáe might, with less control, be a mere showboater, shifting roles with look-what-can-I-do alacrity, her performances are oddly egoless.

After factoring in bonus points (high salary = +1; significant time away from family = –3), he'd pass on a project that scored less than 16 points, consider one from 16 to 20, accept one from 21 to 25, and accept with alacrity one from 26 to 32. " 'Argo' was a twenty-eight," he explained, showing his addition.

Vatican steps in with alacrity".

She had accepted with alacrity.

The third of the Anglo-Burmese Wars lasted less than two weeks during November 1885, with the British taking Mandalay, which had become the capital of northern Myanmar in 1857, with remarkable alacrity.

But we reward alacrity above all.