Sentence examples for benevolent wit from inspiring English sources
Close to the end of the play, Hamlet raises up the old jester's skull and broods on Yorick's benevolent wit: "a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.
a true American comedy, with the sweet wit and benevolent bite of Preston Sturges and Frank Capra... the smartest, sweetest, funniest comedy in many summers". Who do these ninnies think they're fooling?
4. Benevolent dictators are benevolent.
She'll keep moving forward, bringing along a Cheap Trick fixation, quick wit, deep thoughts, vivid imagination and benevolent nature.
This knowledge may explain Mr. Hopkins's benevolent sleepwalking through the part; the closest thing to wit in his performance is the way he intently chews gum while blowing away bad guys who are terrorizing the always screaming Jake.
Crochallan came: The old cock'd hat, the brown surtout the same, His grisly beard just bristling in its might ('Twas four long nights and days to shaving-night): His uncomb'd, hoary locks, wild-staring, thatch'd A head for thought profound and clear unmatch'd; Yet, tho his caustic wit was biting rude, His heart was warm, benevolent, and good.
But the inimitable Daumier (who could be benevolent, as shown here in a series devoted to Parisian pursuits in the summer) tops the other wits here in his testy renditions of women with literary ambitions.
They are never benevolent.
