nimble-witted
Example Sentences
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But don’t underestimate Alabado’s Dabney, the nimble-witted maid, who is too dazzlingly resourceful not to make her presence known.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025
He was certainly nimble-witted and hard to trap.
From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2020
For Nancy Papadopoulos, a nimble-witted Minneapolis divorcee with a year of college, work would not be hard to find.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2016
The fight, which ranged from the rawest of ward-heel tactics to the most delicate and nimble-witted of manipulations, ended in defeat for the C.I.O. and the Native Radical wing of the Democratic Party.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a consequence, interplanetary diplomatic relations were somewhat strained—until a nimble-witted young man from Mars came up with the answer to the "sixty-four dollar" question.
From The Ambassador by Merwin, Sam
