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. Brevity is the soul of wit.
2. It was he who possessed the wit.
3. No practice, no gain in one's wit.
4. Martainville had more wit than Voltaire.
5. Love is the folly of men and the wit of God.

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wit
 n.  intellect; mental ability; natural ability to perceive and understand
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.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XI
2  Never was there a better entertainment, and never was more wit shown at a table than that which fell from his Majesty.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XVIII
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.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—THE YEAR 1817
4  It was he who possessed the wit.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—A DOUBLE QUARTETTE
5  A flower should smell sweet, and woman should have wit.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYES
6  He has villainous teeth, because he is badly fed and his stomach suffers, and handsome eyes because he has wit.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IX—THE OLD SOUL OF GAUL
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.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—AN ANCIENT SALON
8  Martainville had more wit than Voltaire.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III—REQUIESCANT
9  They had wit; they had silence; their political dogma was suitably impregnated with arrogance; they should have succeeded.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III—REQUIESCANT
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
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...
12  "Now do be reasonable, and take a sensible view of the case," implored Jo, almost at her wit's end.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
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.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
14  It is such a spur to one's genius, such an opening for wit, to have a dislike of that kind.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 40
15  Never had his wit been directed in a manner so little agreeable to her.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 57
Example Sentence: (119 in 8 pages)
16  She was at her wit's end wondering how she'd manage it all in the time.
17  His natural charm and wit made him very popular.
18  No practice, no gain in one's wit.
19  Brevity is the soul of wit.
20  Trick and treachery are the practice if fools,that have not wit enough to be honest.
21  Your wit is as sharp as a pencil right out of a pencil sharpener.
22  I am afraid of his trenchant wit for it is so often sarcastic.
23  We enjoy Dorothy Parker's verse for its wry wit.
24  He will leave at the end of term, to wit 30 July.
25  Once I have the chance to witness his worst moment, but u still can accept his defects and keep this as secret.
26  According to the witness's testimony, you were present when the crime was committed.
27  The attorney demonstrated that the witness was lying.
28  She was asked to take the witness stand and was then cross-examined by the state attorney.
29  Judge Ito said that if his wife was called as a witness, he would step down as trial judge.
30  The prosecution's case hinged on the evidence of a witness who died before the trial.