wit

Definition:
1. The ability to say or write things that are both clever and amusing.
2. Your ability to think quickly and clearly and to make good decisions.
3. A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.
4. Mental ability.
5. A witty amusing person who makes jokes.

Use 'wit' in a sentence:

• 1. Tom had wit enough to perceive that here was a lad who could be useful to him.
• 2. He was acclaimed for his acerbic wit and repartee.
• 3. His sharp wit had them all smiling.
• 4. He disclaimed the possession of any great quickness of apprehension or wit, such as distinguished Huxley.
• 5. A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
• 6. Much of the wit is lost in translation.
• 7. They love her practical attitude to life, her zest and wit.
• 8. To wit, that a spurious Prince of Wales was being feasted by the city in his stead.
• 9. The information is there and waiting to be accessed by anyone with the wit to use it.
• 10. Ellie uses wit as a goad to try to force people to see what is in front of them.
• 11. her sharp wit and quick tongue.
• 12. Wit Wolzek claimed the legislation could impinge on privacy, self determination and respect for religious liberty.
• 13. Travellers need to keep their wits about them.
• 14. Julie Burchill is famous for her precocity and rapier wit.
• 15. Holmes was gregarious, a great wit, a man of wide interests.
• 16. His mordant wit appealed to students.
• 17. He was a man of great charm and not inconsiderable wit.
• 18. Beware her waspish wit.
• 19. You can dazzle members of the opposite with your quick wit and aggressive charm.
• 20. She thinks watching cats and mice fighting wit can help open up her thinking.
• 21. Your wit is as thick as Tewkesbury Mustard.
• 22. She has used her wits to progress to the position she holds today.
• 23. She was known for the quickness of her wit.
• 24. He is a nimble and versatile wit.
• 25. His abrasive wit and caustic comments were an interviewer's nightmare.
• 26. Mr Brooke is renowned for his dry wit.
• 27. You scared us out of our wits. We heard you had an accident.
• 28. At least you had the wit to ask for help.
• 29. We row a lot and we never have time on our own. I'm at my wit's end.
• 30. She has great charm and a ready wit.
• 31. He has to pit his wits against an adversary who is cool, clever and cunning.
• 32. He was charmed by her beauty and wit.
• 33. It should not be beyond the wit of man to resolve this dispute.
• 34. She was endowed with intelligence and wit.
• 35. He'd like 'happiness' to be given a new and more scientifically descriptive label, to wit 'Major affective disorder, pleasant type'.
• 36. Once again, his quick wits got him out of an awkward situation.
• 37. With chess you're involved in a battle of wits from start to finish.
• 38. Her performance breathed wit and charm.
• 39. Pilot error, to wit failure to follow procedures, was the cause of the accident.
• 40. Better a witty fool man than a foolish wit.
• 41. Thy foolish reading hath wrought its woeful work at last, and ta'en thy wit away.
• 42. The poet, he says, ranges freely within the zodiac of his own wit.
• 43. Julie Burchill is famous for her rapier wit.
• 44. His writing combines elegance and wit.
• 45. Boulding was known for his biting wit.
• 46. Facebook, therefore, is a self-enhancer's paradise, where people can share only the most flattering photos, the cream of their wit, style, beauty, intellect and lifestyles.
• 47. The essays could do with a flash of wit or humor.
• 48. Originally a journalist noted for his lancing wit, he co-founded a political-humor magazine in 1950.