Sentence examples for try to be witty from inspiring English sources
The lyrics try to be witty and a loose chain of brief singing gags offers nicely surprising punchlines.
"When the grave lies open before us, let's not try to be witty," he says, reflecting on his experience in the trenches.
"All the groups in America seem to do just exactly the same as each other – which is to get on the radio, try to be witty, say the most sickening things they can think of and gross out the interviewer.
He loved being mayor, but he said that it was tough on a man to go to "all these small events they expect you to go to, and to try to be witty and try to be funny and try to be meaningful and try to be helpful".
Try to: Be witty; Find interesting ways of phrasing what you'd normally say without over-thinking it - for example, instead of saying "I just ate a calorie-laden muffin", say "My svelte body deeply regrets that muffin"; Word updates as if they're news headlines, or opening lines aimed at drawing in the reader for more; and.
I didn't want to be a social creature, always trying to be witty.
To be brave and make something without the preoccupation of trying to be witty was the task.
The biggest miscalculation was the appearance, late in the show, of a George W. Bush impersonator (Steve Bridges) who Ms. Streisand, an ardent Democrat, interrogated in a tone that tried to be witty, and failed.
We wrote a lot (7,791 posts to date), reviewed a lot of things, and tried to be witty and/or topical every day.
Don't try to be too witty as humour can vary wildly, and the nuance needed is often lost in translation.
