How to use "wit" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "wit" in popular movie and book plots

  • Abused and tormented, he escaped the city shelter and fled to the streets, where he survived by wit and blood until he found Scum City.  - Urchin (film)
  • Guillaume flirts with her using his wit and charm to seduce her.  - Suzanne's Career
  • Galahad Threepwood uses his charm and wit to ensure his brother Clarence continues to lead a quiet and peaceful life.  - Sunset at Blandings
  • Stick must then rely on his quick wit and fists to deal with his final enemy, Nestor, who has kidnapped Stick's daughter.  - Stick (film)
  • Is not vice crowned with success, triumphant, and rewarded, and perhaps set off with wit and spirit, a dangerous representation.  - The History of Sir Charles Grandison
  • He is an eccentric individual with a high-pitched laugh and a grandiose wit which he uses on the castle's less intelligent inhabitants.  - Titus Groan
  • Charles and Olivia ("Livy") Langdon are in the audience of his very first lecture, where his humor and wit make him an immediate success.  - The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944 film)
  • Next is the tale of Franklyn Marsh (Christopher Lee), an art critic who seems more concerned with his own devastating wit than art itself.  - Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
  • Stine faces the collapse of his real and fictive worlds, and as his emotions take over, his wit turns bitter ("Funny").  - City of Angels (musical)
  • Even though he lost his powerful magic, Malcolm decides to use his malicious wit and cunning to go through with his revenge.  - The Legend of Kyrandia
  • [A] feast for the eyes and ears [full of] wit and charm.  - Melody Time
  • The cat, wanting to help his owner out of poverty, decides to use his wit to turn Gunther into a prince.  - Puss in Boots (1999 film)
  • In discussing the cartoon's distinguishing story arc element, co-creator Mike Barker explained: Much of the wit used in American Dad.  - American Dad!
  • Her cynical wit and worldly opinions start to rattle Strether's preconceived view of the situation.  - The Ambassadors
  • The wry wit of Frank's narration clearly shows that he has the capacity to rise in this job, but circumstances stop him progressing.  - Angela's Ashes
  • After they exit, Bottom awakes, and he too decides that he must have experienced a dream "past the wit of man".  - A Midsummer Night's Dream

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