Sentence examples for witty for from inspiring English sources

Maybe she was too witty for the ever-clever Dyer.

Oh, how terribly witty, for this is junk food, isn't it?

Matthew's consolatory wit is not very witty; for that reason, perhaps, it fails to console.

But more than just witty, for it disrupted the familiar assumption that the establishment of the Church of England is simply a question of the church desperately clinging on to its place of historic privilege.

Chris Riddell's drawings of linguistic elements – graphemes, phonemes, cohesive devices etc – as bizarre and fantastic creatures (Children's laureate rises to a beastly challenge, 14 May) are witty for sure, but let's not jeer too loudly.

Witty, for example, is widely considered to have done a good job at Glaxo, where he presides over a drugs company of 99,000 people in 100 countries, generating turnover of £28bn.

Hollywood director Joss Whedon is known for creating witty dialogue for his characters, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the superheroes in the film Avengers Assemble.

The Trustees of the Cooperative Assistance Fund, Washington, DC, note with sorrow the death of Lou Winnick, our dear and devoted colleague--creative, wise and witty--for the past 38 years.

And then, once they saw that no millennials had shown up for them to perform their witty hatred for, they would have driven home.

It was, however, as a screenwriter, usually of adaptations of plays or novels, that Stewart achieved his most enduring success; his screenplays were notable for witty dialogue and for their fidelity to the original work.

Calvin Trillin not only gives us valuable thoughts about food, but also supplies valuable food for thought and provides piquant and witty sauces for both.