Sentence examples for displayed wit from inspiring English sources

In her lectures she displayed wit, warmth, and literary knowledge that attracted devotees wherever she went.

More than a million words, mostly his own, displayed wit, humanity, curiosity and knowledge in equal measure.

In the end the show is a seductive fantasy built around a paradox: No. 6's imprisonment gives structure and meaning to his existence, focuses his anger, energy and liberally displayed wit.

Yet they were also supposed to remain in control of their faculties, bantering and displaying wit.

In his memoir, "Time Was," Robertson displays wit and paradox in the vein of Wilde.

On the other hand, it was (and still is) regarded in some quarters as stylish and rather aristocratic to suffer from boredom, so the English ought really to thank their bores for providing them with the occasion to display wit and appear grand.

The clothes themselves are displayed with wit and charm.

Mr. Takahashi displayed magisterial wit as the models stepped onto pedestals and paused.

For two years, he appeared on the nationally syndicated television show "The People's Court," where he displayed his wit, wisdom and impatience as he ruled on matters big and small.

In a set of letters sold at auction recently, Lee displayed her wit in comical aliases, signing off as "the Prisoner of Zenda" or "Francesca da Rimini," the ill-fated nobleman's daughter whom Dante turned into a character in his "Divine Comedy".

Scott Frankel's music and Michael Korie's lyrics, recalling Porter and Kern and Sousa and Sondheim, display wit, and Thom Southerland's production is strongly performed.