wit

Example Sentences

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For those who retain their wits, the open questions are still interesting.

From The Wall Street Journal

Not for wit or competence or any of the reasons for which Clare had been chosen, but for her kindness.

From Literature

To wit: The continued reliance on oil leaves American consumers vulnerable to spikes in the price of gasoline—as might be expected when, for example, the Strait of Hormuz becomes a war zone.

From The Wall Street Journal

Is there such a thing as a soaking wet wit, the opposite of the parched variety, because he has that, too.

From Los Angeles Times

An L.A. city councilman, at his wit’s end, joked that the city could end the smog problem by adopting a resolution “creating an eight-mile-an-hour wind” to blow it all away.

From Los Angeles Times