Sentence examples for setting a brisk pace from inspiring English sources

Walking down Broadway, my father was setting a brisk pace, and my mother and I were having trouble keeping up.

The film uses the chaos as its driving force, setting a brisk pace as it cuts between news footage from the time and all the ancillary actions and reactions triggered by the shooting.

Information about the early years is sparse, so Ingrams sets a brisk pace.

She would set a brisk pace and I'd follow, my eyes fixed on her haik so as not to lose her.

Deena Kastor, the top American distance runner, was ready to set a brisk pace in the 54-degree air — a delightful contrast to the previous four sweltering NYC Half-Marathons held in the summer.

Brenda Weatherby's crisp prose sets a brisk pace and provides the kind of read-aloud punch ("Lightning flashed. Thunder crashed. The windshield wipers pounded. THWAMP, THWAMP. THWAMP, THWAMP") that begs for repeat performances.

With his front-running gelding Balto Star, he will attempt to steal the race on the front end by setting a brisk, but not debilitating, pace.

The voice read a passage on page 88: "She set off at a brisk pace".

Times columnist Morrison, wearing one of her trademark large hats (it resembled large wheat sheaves folded artfully into a kind of crest that projected at least a foot in front of her) set a brisk and demanding pace with her probing and insightful questions.

He then set off south, walking at a brisk pace and accompanied by a crowd of about 600, some of them carrying placards declaring support for the self-declared 99 percent that have been occupying Zuccotti Park for five weeks.

(By contrast, receipts grew at a brisk pace averaging 11percentt a year from 2004 to 2007).