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sharp-witted

[shahrp-wit-id] / ˈʃɑrpˈwɪt ɪd /




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Sharp-witted and gregarious, Allen and Ziegel infiltrated New York’s baseball clubhouses, gravitating to those who would forever alter our perceptions of what happened inside them.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2010

Sharp-witted Mrs. Bolton was a gilt-edged financial asset, but Coshocton Contractor McGregor was a real homespun portent.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sharp-witted, grasping, unscrupulous, he was credited with inventing the "watering" of stock.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sharp-witted Amster Spiro, city editor of William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal-American, knows little about playing parlor games, including bridge, but he does know a good thing when he sees it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sharp-witted Passengers, who have rushed off to secure "first Cab," stand bewildered on the edge of the Platform.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various




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