sharp-witted
Example Sentences
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In one photo of a yellow parachute in the air, he wrote: "Once upon a time, an intelligent, sharp-witted man they call 'mysterious' parachuted into my life."
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2025
Gwen Crockett said her daughter was a sharp-witted speaker from a young age.
From Salon • Jan. 18, 2024
The character — a sharp-witted, Brooklyn-loving, Air Jordan-wearing Knicks superfan — would go on to star in a slew of commercials for Michael Jordan’s sneaker line, still played by Lee.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2023
It’s a very good non-romantic pairing of sharp-witted old souls, a generation apart.
From Washington Times • Jun. 27, 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
