Sentence examples for witty defence from inspiring English sources

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Unapologetic is a sharp, witty defence of faith which proves that, sometimes, the Devil doesn't have the best tunes.

Sir Alan Moses made a trenchant, and often witty, defence of his role as chairman of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) on Tuesday evening.

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Only a few years after its composition, the Roman poet Ovid reworked the story in his poetic cycle Heroides, writing a love letter from Dido to the departing Aeneas, which reads as a witty, playful defence of the heroine.

His defence is witty, original and only slightly marred by the fact that most of the 16 essays contained in this collection were originally written for quite different purposes.

But rational optimism has inspired graceful, witty narratives, and passionate defences of the Enlightenment ideal that knowledge and sympathy can improve the human condition.

The first, On Drink, is a witty, belligerent and often profound defence of the kind of drinking habits that Kingsley acquired in the Old England of mixed drinks and beer.

In its defence, C4 said Love Shaft was "cheeky, witty and full of entendre and risqué banter".

The criticism prompted the charming and witty political journalist Annabel Crabb into a spirited defence of her popular show.

However, at this moment, Mr Murdoch's defence counsel jumps up and asks for this genuinely witty line from Vampires Suck to be taken into consideration: "In the 80s coke was all the rage; the 90s – grunge.

Very witty.

Witty, smart.

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