Sentence examples for refined wit from inspiring English sources

Ver-Vert, which was circulated privately and printed without the author's permission, brought him instant success in Parisian circles, where the literati were astounded that such a refined wit could come from within the Catholic church.

Although many early English deists had relied on ridicule to attack the Bible and Christianity, theirs was a refined wit rather than the broad humor Paine employed.

PopMatters' Zeth Lundy described Richards' wordplay as frenzied, and said the "refined, worldly wit" on Strange Bird was striking.

Likewise, Geoffrey the Baker called him "graceful and agile in body, sharp witted, refined in manner, [and] sufficiently well versed in military matters".

There are also notable entries for the modern-day wits Noel and Liam Gallagher, whose insult skills, possibly refined by years of bickering with each other, see them twice on the list - although not for jibes directed at each other.

Yet, while Marchesa is like some kind of delicious trifle, soaked in wit, you wonder what the effect would be if Ms. Chapman put down her hammer and refined a bit more?

He's a fine performer, with a warm tone and an impulsive, if refined, lyricism that makes him a natural interpreter for Schumann's concerto, with its melancholy elegance and flashes of mercurial wit.

So refined.