Sentence examples for wit rather than from inspiring English sources

His eligibility, of course, was based on his wit rather than his surroundings.

Goran Lundqvist, the company's president, says that Absolut's wit, rather than its taste, is the reason for the spirit's success: "Absolut is a personality," he claims.

On "This American Life" Mr. Glass aims for a certain irony and wit rather than schmaltz, although a sense of yearning and idealism surfaces on the hip veneer.

He said he did not think the alliance that Schwab and Waterhouse would have with Goldman would alter E*Trade's commitment to teaming with Wit, rather than a bigger, better-known firm.

The romance may not be as wacky as Welles hoped (he based it on a short story by John Collier), but it is playful, going for wry psychological wit rather than spookiness.

If he can't help noticing it's a mighty strange place we inhabit, with a cast of characters unlike any that have walked the earth before, he observes our new sexual, racial and socio-economic arrangements with wit rather than satire.

It's a city that lives by its wits rather than by the rules; more freewheeling than fashion-conscious.

Besides, they all came from a time when merger advisers made their fortunes on their wits, rather than their employers' balance sheets.

Here in Paris, the women's singles has been dominated by players who have had to live off their wits rather than the largesse of wealthy national associations.

Although she wrote frequently about how her favorite movies rendered her giddy, dizzy or drunk, their intoxicating power, which her own prose both evoked and matched, sharpened her wits rather than dulling them.

This was two teams living by their wits rather than their sense of command.