Sentence examples for by its wit from inspiring English sources

Sakurada's work is distinguished by its wit.

The book's very fitting scale and tirelessness are more than matched by its wit, subtlety and human understanding.

This approach earned Góngora the enmity of perhaps his most talented contemporary, Francisco de Quevedo, whose own work was distinguished by its wit, plain diction and fencer's balance.

For a refugee, outsider art is a resonantly apt passion; as Ms. Rabkin often said, she was drawn to American folk art by its wit, its character and, above all, its essential democratic roots.

Michael Musto Columnist for The Village Voice "Boys in the Band" (1970) I saw the film years after it came out, during a formative period in my life, and was thrilled by its wit, camaraderie and implicit attack on the closet.

I first became an admirer of Jane Austen when I studied Emma for A-level English literature, and I was so captivated by its wit and warmth, its delicious irony and irrepressible high spirits, that I asked for a single volume edition of her collected works as a school prize.

It's a city that lives by its wits rather than by the rules; more freewheeling than fashion-conscious.

Until its own success made it irresistible to buyers who imagined that they could do better with a business plan than its founders had done from desperation and instinct, it had the courage to live by its wits.

In an article in the current issue of The New Yorker about The Voice, Louis Menand wrote, "Until its own success made it irresistible to buyers who imagined that they could do better with a business plan than its founders had done from desperation and instinct, it had the courage to live by its wits".

"Cooper is ranked very highly both for quality and selectivity, and yet it's an institution that has had to manage by its wits," said Molly C. Broad, president of the American Council on Education, which represents two- and four-year colleges.

But wars are won, too, by passionate oddballs and nerds, the patriotic geekerati that help an army to live by its wits.