Sentence examples for darkly witty from inspiring English sources

(Similar mischief is detailed in his darkly witty story "Sensini").

Painstakingly crafted, darkly witty, honestly observed, and hyper-literate, the book delivers on its promise to unsettle.

On his discharge, he joined the dada movement, attacking militarist Germany in darkly witty, enigmatic collages.

It's darkly witty, full of jokes, and it really lampoons jingoism.

I've also been dipping into these darkly witty, compelling short stories by Zsuzsi Gartner, "Better Living Through Plastic Explosives".

And no one would be tempted to call Victor LaValle's ingenious THE BALLAD OF BLACK TOM (Tor/Tom Doherty, paper, $12.99) anything else, either: This darkly witty tale is right in the belly of the genre beast.

A stronger show would have been a smaller one; arranged chronologically, it could have revealed more about the artist.In this section Lessons unlearned Unexpectedly modern As vital as her stories Slightly off Bold and strange Through a lens, darkly ReprintsSeductive, witty and intelligent, Manet was also financially independent.

A deeply cynical academic fund-raiser fighting for his job is the protagonist of this darkly humorous satire, a witty paean to white-collar loserdom.

While Anna Pavlova and Tamara Karsavina had set the mould with their darkly classical beauty, Lopokova was a witty soubrette, her performances on stage less a refinement of pure technique than the product of a vivid, versatile intelligence and a fizzing personality.

Tóibín's writing isn't humourless; there are darkly comic scenes in The Master and some witty lines of dialogue in The Blackwater Lightship, and his journalism is frequently very funny.

Yes, a bad marriage is a hideous thing that sucks in all the life around it, but some of the best writing on the subject acknowledges the darkly funny aspect of warring lovers and their witty cruelty to each other.