Sentence examples for seems witty from inspiring English sources

Upon arrival, you tell the guy at the merch table what you think of the fact that one of the bands is selling bumper stickers in a way that seems witty to you but to him sounds like "I don't even have a CARRRRRRR!" You dance feverishly to whatever the bartender is playing but then get angry when an actual band starts to play.

Upon arrival, you tell the guy at the merch table what you think of the fact that one of the bands is selling bumper stickers in a way that seems witty to you but to him sounds like "I don't even have a CARRRRRRR!" .

In the case of judges that had allegedly provided a high likeability score, these statements were all positive (e.g., "I would like to be friends with this person", "(s)he seems to be a pleasant person", "(s)he seems witty", "(s)he seems fun to hang out with").

It's important for editors to serve as a skeptical audience, lest a writer's wit seem witty mostly to the writer.

If you spend all day thinking about how to make a building seem witty and sharp, perhaps it is soothing to retreat to something more, well, neutral – the architectural equivalent, you might say, of Philip Larkin rereading Dick Francis.

Sitting in an Enfield pub, he seemed witty and quietly confident, but more barbed and wary than he is now, bruised by the backlash from dance music partisans who were aggrieved that the producer they had celebrated was now singing strange, minimalist ballads and covering Feist's Limit to Your Love.

He seemed witty and curious.

All judges provided three general comments (e.g., "I would not like to be friends with this person") and one more domain-specific remark (e.g., "she does not seem witty").

Conversely, for judges that had allegedly provided a low likeability score, the valence of these statements was reversed (e.g., "I would not like to be friends with this person", "(s)he seems to be an unpleasant person", "(s)he does not seem witty", "(s)he does not seem fun to hang out with").

If you want to seem witty let someone else drone on and then interrupt or conclude with a brief sentence that cuts right to his very soul.

The sketch, written by James Downey, seems wittier with each viewing.