Sentence examples for measure of wit from inspiring English sources

All credit to this fine actor for bringing a measure of wit and dignity to this hoariest of liberal-racist Hollywood archetypes.

Jalal brings to life the people, locales, and events that inspired Manto's fiction, which is characterized by an eye for detail, a measure of wit and irreverence, and elements of suspense and surprise.

But nothing is ever as simple as these sages would suggest, a point made with a lot of skin and a measure of wit in "Autoerotic," Joe Swanberg and Adam Wingard's collection of four tales of sexual confusion in Chicago.

McG may not yet have a signature style — he lacks the baroque vulgarity of Michael Bay ("Pearl Harbor" and "Transformers") or the punchy inventiveness of Brett Ratner (the "Rush Hour" movies and "X-Men: The Last Stand") — but he manages speed, impact and the choreography of technomayhem with aplomb and a measure of wit.

(What's a guy got to do to get a Freddy Hayes spin-off?) But while House of Cards tells us that politics is run by corrupt yet effective politicians whose policy disagreements are settled by a measure of wits—our own political system makes dumpster fires look put together.

These questions are answered with equal measures of wit and wonder, and with only occasional moments of god-bothering.

With equal measures of wit and derision for those who visit, she languishes on the chaise longue in her rose-satin gown like a genteel coquette.

Pride of place was afforded to Jeremy Herrin's glorious Globe Theatre debut with "Much Ado About Nothing," in which Eve Best and Charles Edwards went at each other (and, on occasion, the audience) with equal measures of wit, authority, and affection.

When it belongs to a new fragrance from Chanel, you get equal measures of wit, humor and history; after all, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel ran a luxury empire half a century before today's lifestyle gurus, and made a name for herself with the introduction of knit suits, the "little black dress" and her first fragrance, Chanel N°5, launched in 1921.

All Presidents have the benefit of the best gag writers, so the evening is not really a measure of their wit.

Their titles — "The Living End," "The Doom Generation," "Nowhere" and one that can't be printed here — evoke the basic attitude, if not the full measure, of Mr. Araki's furious wit.