Sentence examples for lacks wit from inspiring English sources

The play's construction is sturdy and occasionally sly, but the dialogue lacks wit or drive.

Houellebecq's satire lacks wit or charm and less-than-classy translation renders it even more unpalatable.

This delightful production enjoys exactly what The Fight for Barbara lacks: wit, charm and structural dexterity.

It lacks wit, and by that I don't mean humor — I mean prickly, penetrating sentences, texture and insight.

This is not to say her choreography lacks wit or whimsy, both in terms of small touches tucked into seemingly severe architecture and her choice of artistic partners.

Green Desire grows out of Bushnell's earlier work on Renaissance teaching manuals, many of which use metaphors of cultivation to explain how a schoolmaster can transform a child who naturally lacks wit into one in whom the virtues flourish.

Unlike fellow rappers and chroniclers of urban life, Mike Skinner and Jamie T, Drew's tracks also lack wit, which is fine but his "protest" songs need to be exceptionally good to compensate.

At Pucci yesterday, the orange and brown swirl patterns looked great on long, lean wool dresses, but the collection lacked wit and surprise.

Ms. Clarke's bland lyrics lack wit, and her soft jazz creates the mood of the old New York coffeehouse scene, which only emphasizes how dated some of the stories can seem.

Saracens showed all the ambition in the first half and when Leicester cranked it up in the second their efforts lacked wit and urgency until it was too late.

It "lacks humor, wit, ideas, visual style, compelling performances, a point of view or any other distinguishing characteristic," including "logic, or anything remotely close to heart".