Sentence examples similar to test of wit from inspiring English sources

The test of wits is important in itself, expressing itself in lives gained and lost.

Their lives have become a test of wits, patience and hope.

Well, if you wish to proceed you must first pass my test of wits," the Tree explained.

The three of them then become locked into a test of wits and wills, with allegiances and understanding shifting.

Feinstein has withstood the test of keeping her wits and stamina under the extreme conditions of Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings.

At Dartmouth College on Friday, such a test of man- versus machine-made wit proved at least one thing: to err in prediction is very human indeed.

With no security crises to neutralise or military testing sites to infiltrate, he is stumped instead by a test of old-fashioned charm and wit: the best man's speech.

The rise of a lucrative test-prep industry suggests that what is being tested is not scholastic aptitude but something like Alexander Pope's definition of wit: "Nature to advantage drest".

all the quaintness of wit.

"Brevity," Allon replied, "is the soul of wit".

This rendering may not be the essence of wit.