wit
Example Sentences
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Even when they were locked in combat, they brought out each other’s sharpest wit.
From Salon • May 29, 2026
To begin with, there’s its ingratiating style, leisurely but leavened with wit and chutzpah, as well as Fiedler’s pervasive disdain for the sentimental and ersatz.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Irony has little use for ecstasy, but Mac’s specialty is spectacle, and his slow, if showy, disposal of wit brought a new immersive quality to the text and performance.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
‘There is nothing fresh or original here, no wit or zing, no pressure on language or form or voice or thought.’
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
“Yeh seem tae be good folk. Oi’d love tae share a bit of danner wit ye.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Vocabulary lists containing wit
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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Essential Three-Letter Words, Part 1
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