sharp-witted
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In the message for Epstein's 50th birthday in 2003, Lord Mandelson - UK ambassador to the US since last year - describes him as an "intelligent, sharp-witted man", who "parachuted" into his life.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025
Gwen Crockett said her daughter was a sharp-witted speaker from a young age.
From Salon • Jan. 18, 2024
The character — a sharp-witted, Brooklyn-loving, Air Jordan-wearing Knicks superfan — would go on to star in a slew of commercials for Michael Jordan’s sneaker line, still played by Lee.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2023
Zephaniah, who was born in Birmingham in central England on April 15, 1958, was a sharp-witted and often provocative presence across British media as well as regularly performing at political gatherings and demonstrations.
From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2023
Their amazement at me, my language, my rules, and ways, once subsided, I found some of these heavy-looking, gaping rustics wake up into sharp-witted girls enough.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
