Sentence examples for witty jabs from inspiring English sources
Skip the dirty jokes and witty jabs; instead, speak softly and compassionately.
Second: what Gove's speechwriters thought was a witty rhetorical jab at an easy scapegoat belied a lack of awareness of the educational ambitions of Rovio, the company behind Angry Birds, which have been public for some time.
You might be surprised that the hardest thing about ALS isn't trying to vigorously type in a witty, timely jab with eyes when your buddy does something stupid.
He did not do well for the same reason he failed to outmaneuver Hillary in a year's worth of debates: he disdains the convention, the need for sound bites and witty flick-offs and game-changing jabs.
Entertainment Weekly: "Between the bookish subject and the cranked-up prose, & Sons is Gilbert's overt bid to join the strata of "serious" authors that include Jonathan Franzen, Philip Roth, Tom Wolfe, et al. But it's more than a vessel for witty metaphors, impressively long sentences, and insidery jabs at the New York literary scene — although there's no shortage of any of those things".
Witheringly witty, Butley knows where everybody's Achilles' heel is, and he jabs like a malevolent acupuncturist at those who aspire to closeness with him, including his estranged wife (Amanda Drew) and his gay roommate (Martin Hutson).
The result is a 45-minute triumph of formal experimentation that is slyly witty, unexpectedly suspenseful, timeless as the battle of the sexes and as quick and forceful as a heavyweight's jab.
Little jabs are everywhere.
