Sentence examples for accuracy wit from inspiring English sources

You know it's not going to end well, but Baumbach skewers social types and mortal truths with accuracy, wit and – who'd have thought it?

Consider the inextricable combination of accuracy, wit and overkill in this description of a baby pigeon: "The thing was pink, nearly translucent, with magenta cheeks and lavender ovals around the eyes.

Lauded for its voluminous accuracy and wit, the 900-plus-page paperback took him 15 years to research and write.

It has also kept them tethered, emotionally if not physically, to the old, deteriorating neighborhood and the old, deteriorating house (designed with time-warp accuracy and wit by Joseph J. Egan — note especially the apple-shaped clock on the kitchen wall and the metal-and-Formica dinette set).

What a joy it is to hear, translated into my own voice and rhythms, the crispness and grace of Gallant's sentences; the sparkle of her wit; the accuracy of her descriptions.

If you watch The Office, which he co-wrote with Ricky Gervais, or listen to the radio shows and podcasts he and Gervais did together, or even watch his and Gervais's most recent TV series Life's Too Short, you'll find them full of wit and accuracy in their portrayal of the awkwardness that cramps our lives.

Entries will be judged on wit, originality, and accuracy.

MacFarquhar's book, albeit fiction, exhumes with great wit and disquieting accuracy those long-forgotten headlines and many of the true stories behind them.

The outcome of every pitch of every game – a hundred one-on-one micro-battles of wit, timing and accuracy – is determined as much by savvy and feint of hand as it is by speed and strength.

The wit was in the accuracy of the upshot.

In all, Mr. Setlock plays 35 characters, switching from role to role wit deadly rapid-fire accuracy.