Sentence examples for wit work from inspiring English sources

Busloads of tourists pay about 40 cents each to meander the narrow paths among the 600 wooden crosses that capture the wit, work and daily life of a rugged and traditional peasantry.

To impress a guy with your wit, work on being clever, being able to keep up a flow of intelligent and sharp banter, and to wow him with your word play, insights, and quick reactions.

They also had motivations other than protecting children – to wit, working in this country, saving money and sending it home".

While the verbal wit works better than the wonky physical comedy -- an all-too-sudden storm seems to afflict some with staggered-stepped inebriation while others look caught in an earthquake -- the pace glides along with few hitches.

Ryan does not write the kind of poetry that requires the stage – her wit works fine at home; and yet it would heighten anyone's sense of her powers to hear her.

The Knit-Wits work a bit differently.

Her quick wit, hard work and leadership were an inspiration to us all.

There's wit at work, too; the menu offers "roasted airline chicken breast" as well as "swine-whine" barbecue.

But there's a genuine wit at work here, and a pragmatism that seems especially wry under the circumstances.

Yes, the bones remind me of my mortality, but I found a subtle wit at work as well, in both the titles and images.

But the rooms, less flamboyant, are among the town's best, the restaurants (Lutece from New York, Star Canyon from Dallas, Valentino from Los Angeles) carry impeccable credentials, and there is wit at work: note the copy of Caravaggio's "Cardsharps" above the slots.