witling
Example Sentences
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While through the press enraged Thalestris flies, And scatters death around from both her eyes, A beau and witling perish'd in the throng, One died in metaphor, and one in song.
From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 by Gilfillan, George
But the chopping-boss, his humorous gaze on the witling, remarked: “I reckon I’ll have to rule that song out, after this, ‘Hitchbiddy.’”
From King Spruce, A Novel by Day, Holman
The point of the witling joke against La Salle was a new version of the old adage: Go farther and fare worse.
From Elizabethan Sea Dogs by Wood, William Charles Henry
He had no superstitions, but the unaccountable flight of the witling, and the eerie tales offered in explanation and the mystic night of storm in that wild forest waste unstrung him.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Day, Holman
It was a tone of authority that the witling recognized, and it commanded his weak will and giant strength.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Day, Holman
