wit
Example Sentences
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There isn’t a lot of wit involved in imagining what orange slime could do to a location, and a lot of veteran talent gets thrown into the service of a lot of kindergarten humor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026
"Sir Tom Stoppard gave the British theatre some of its most brilliant and best loved work, and he did it with a wit and a humanity that audiences carried home with them," he said.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026
The live-wire wit and idiosyncratic verve that she embodied in “Reds” and “Something’s Gotta Give” are very much on display here.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
He had a quick, dry wit, even under pressure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
And when they asked her where she had been and what on earth she had been doing, she said she had been out wit!
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing wit
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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