Sentence examples for verbal genius from inspiring English sources

He hid behind beatnik spontaneity and his verbal genius.

And yet, Jonson raises a question about the very value of a visual image of a verbal genius: O, could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass as he hath hit His face, the print would then surpass All that was ever writ in brass.

****************** When it comes down to verbal genius and the deliciously devious, no one is the last 30 or 40 years really has anything on Tom Stoppard, for whom, like Vladimir Nabokov, English is a second language.

Because the strange thing is, neither the cerebellum nor the hippocampus -- the two areas where the future verbal geniuses showed such strong development -- is considered crucial for speech.

In that verbal flow, "genius" recurs like a pious prayer.

It is impossible to explain why that is so funny; their sheer irreverence, exuberance and verbal comic genius are marvellous: a heavenly double-bill.

I will leave it to Londoners with their genius for verbal abuse to stomp all over Olympic officials when they try to lord it over local animal instincts.

Justin Chang of Variety gave the film a positive review, saying "The master chefs at Pixar have blended all the right ingredients -- abundant verbal and visual wit, genius slapstick timing, a soupcon of Gallic sophistication -- to produce a warm and irresistible concoction".

Although many in the classical world were fulsome in their praise of jazz — Ernest Ansermet lobbed the word "genius" at Sidney Bechet — others fired verbal machine guns in an effort to slay the upstart.

But the F.B.I. can intervene only if Nasreen makes explicit threats on his life, which she — a kind of genius of abuse (she calls herself a "verbal terrorist") — is far too cunning to do.

Smith was as unique a lyricist and frontman as he was a person, leaving a reputation as both a visionary capable of creative genius, and a controlling taskmaster prone to verbal and physical violence against those closest to him.