keen-witted

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Even keen-witted 93-year-old Joshua Green, from whose eponymous building the portrait had been taken, had no recollection of its provenance.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2023

Carter had made the statement before, but none of the newsmen covering him had made a big issue of it until keen-witted Columnist Joseph Kraft asked Carter about it during the final TV debate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Today a tottering but keen-witted patriarch, Mr. Korekiyo Takahashi was the first statesman of world prominence to seize last week on President Roosevelt's devaluation project as a basis for local action.

From Time Magazine Archive

A small, sombre, keen-witted man in casual brown clothes, 43-year-old Artist Quintanilla had it in mind last week to quit painting again, go back to help his friends in Spain.

From Time Magazine Archive

I should fancy with the keen-witted artisans of London they make but little way. 

From The Religious Life of London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)