Sentence examples for whose wits from inspiring English sources

Still fewer have two or three, but this is what has happened to the Captain Scott Invitation XI, a wandering club formed by a gang of 1980s Oxford undergraduates whose wits were a lot sharper than their skills.

She captures the duality of a character whose wits are sharpened by passion yet who, when briefly abandoned by her beloved Orlando, gazes after him with the bereft sadness of a stricken doe.

"Is there a future for a clergyman whose wits are duller than those of his parishioners?" he asks about Henry, William's devout brother, whose interest in prostitution is no doubt part of his desire to stamp out sin.

A leaden display against Portugal's 10 men on Thursday confirmed old suspicions that his presence confuses rather than clarifies the team's strategy, stifling the contribution of others whose wits have not yet been dulled by prolonged exposure to international service with England.

Scientists whose wits were sharpened by the pep pills they took in the small hours of the morning still get credit for their discoveries.

Marie was also fairly popular within suffragette circles, where she was viewed as "a woman whose wits had devised many a coup d'état, whose brains had thought out many a difficult problem for her people, who had used the gifts given her to further every good purpose".

There are of course exceptions, authors whose wit makes them rival the entertainers.

And then, too, there were the actors whose wit sometimes failed them.

He was a vibrant and innovative leader whose wit and wisdom were cherished by all.

He was a man of moral and intellectual strength whose wit and grace were evident throughout his writings.

Cherished family matriarch whose wit, charm, beauty and wonderful meals will be missed, and whose courage and grace will inspire.