sharp-witted
Example Sentences
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Love and larceny combine as Olivia Holt, “a sharp-witted retail worker,” and Connor Swindells, “a down-on-his-luck repairman,” independently plan to rob the same London department store on Christmas Eve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025
Gwen Crockett said her daughter was a sharp-witted speaker from a young age.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2024
Zephaniah, who was born in Birmingham in central England on April 15, 1958, was a sharp-witted and often provocative presence across British media as well as regularly performing at political gatherings and demonstrations.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
Stardom as the sharp-witted Chandler Bing on Friends also brought fortune - in the form of $1.1m an episode - and a string of glamorous girlfriends.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2023
These workers, illiterate but sharp-witted, who for some reason called themselves The Club, assumed that the better-educated readers looked down on them.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
