WIT in a Sentence
Learn WIT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
329 example sentences for WIT, such as:
1. Love makes a wit of the fool.
2. They wonder at the boy's wit.
3. Sloth turneth the edge of wit.
4. Idleness turns the edge of wit.
5. She uses wit with deadly effect.
2. They wonder at the boy's wit.
3. Sloth turneth the edge of wit.
4. Idleness turns the edge of wit.
5. She uses wit with deadly effect.
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Meanings and Examples of WIT
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wit
n. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
n. a witty amusing person who makes jokes
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 As I grew up I improved in beauty, wit, and every graceful accomplishment, in the midst of pleasures, hopes, and respectful homage.
2 Never was there a better entertainment, and never was more wit shown at a table than that which fell from his Majesty.
3 David had no longer any talent, Arnault had no longer any wit, Carnot was no longer honest, Soult had won no battles; it is true that Napoleon had no longer any genius.
4 It was he who possessed the wit.
5 A flower should smell sweet, and woman should have wit.
6 He has villainous teeth, because he is badly fed and his stomach suffers, and handsome eyes because he has wit.
7 As he had a double measure of wit, in the first place, that which was born with him, and secondly, that which was attributed to him, he was even sought out and made much of.
8 Martainville had more wit than Voltaire.
9 They had wit; they had silence; their political dogma was suitably impregnated with arrogance; they should have succeeded.
10 He possessed knowledge and wit, but all he did miscarried.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC
11 Love is the folly of men and the wit of God.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV—MADEMOISELLE GILLENORMAND ENDS BY NO LONGER TH...
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV—MADEMOISELLE GILLENORMAND ENDS BY NO LONGER TH...
12 "Now do be reasonable, and take a sensible view of the case," implored Jo, almost at her wit's end.
13 He listened to her with perfect indifference while she chose to entertain herself in this manner; and as his composure convinced her that all was safe, her wit flowed long.
14 It is such a spur to one's genius, such an opening for wit, to have a dislike of that kind.
15 Never had his wit been directed in a manner so little agreeable to her.
Example Sentence: (119 in 8 pages)
1 At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit ; and at forty, the judgment.
2 I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.
3 It is the combination of wit and political analysis that makes his articles so readable.
4 As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have least wit are the greatest babblers.
5 They wonder at the boy's wit.
6 Wit bought is better than wit taught.
7 His character is a combination of wit and kindness.
8 Her conversation sparkled with her own subtle blend of wit and charm.
9 Sloth turneth the edge of wit.
10 Idleness turns the edge of wit.
11 She uses wit with deadly effect.
12 He is wise that hath wit enough for his own affairs.
13 A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
14 I love that kind of tongue-in-cheek wit.
15 Love makes a wit of the fool.