Sentence examples for witty effect from inspiring English sources

One season he used "Edge of 17" by Stevie Nicks to witty effect.

The lyrics deconstruct the social hierarchy from an insider's viewpoint, often to witty effect.

GG No one else mixed mimicking cats with uproarious disco stompers to such witty effect this year.

Sarah East Johnson and her all-female Lava company combine dance movement and acrobatics to often witty effect.

The fake-doc aesthetic that rules so much television these days is used to witty effect as we are invited to hang out with Mr. Rogen, James Franco and some other famous pals, whose lives turn out to be exactly what we might have expected, based on some of their earlier movies.

The heady feminine charm of the vision becomes darkened by witty effects of deviltry in timing, and sudden dance thunderbolts occur in a clear sky.

Subtle, lighthearted humor and witty sound effects such as comical vocal manipulation intersperse the themes of heartbreak and eroticism.

And the overall effect, witty indulgences and all, was completely elegant and satisfying.

Given the subject of Hearst and the witty script, the effect is of complicity, of a shared knowingness between Welles and the audience about what the movie is about.

The year's best horror debut, with fantasy used to witty, shockingly good effect — by a writer who could easily be compared to Stephen King, even if Mr. King were not his father.

At any rate, Reitman's film is pacy and witty, with great effects and a lot of laughs.