Sentence examples for to be witty from inspiring English sources

2) Most people want to be witty.

I didn't want to be a social creature, always trying to be witty.

"He decided not to be witty in public," she replied, "because of Kinnock and seeming frivolous".

It's meant to be witty wordplay; instead it just sounds like twice as much work.

It's very hard to be witty and funny at the same time without being shallow.

Meeting him for the first time, I find him to be witty, erudite and deeply political.

But even if something is recycled it takes a lot to be witty or ironic.

Ephron used to be witty, wise and interested in the human condition.

Susan Hilferty's costume design is just eccentric enough to be witty without drawing undue attention from the proceedings.

They don't want to deal with the facial expressions, the body language, the obligation to be witty or interesting.

The "Canning" index proves to be witty, informative, & so well written that it reads almost like a novel.