How to Use witted in a Sentence

witted

adjective

• The coach had a quick-witted response that squashed the trash talk.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 5 Sep. 2021
• There are mic drops, over-the-top costumes, and quick-witted chaos.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2021
• The wise seek access to her; the quick-witted protect her.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2017
• The steering is slow-witted, the handling relaxed, and the ride cushy.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 20 Apr. 2020
• The Lost City aims to be quick-witted, giddy, a light delight.
  — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2022
• There are some updates, of course, but the guys are still just as dim-witted as ever.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 6 Aug. 2022
• DJ Melyssa Ryan, quick-witted and doll-faced, rules the room with a ringing voice, and suffers no fools.
  — Claudette Bakhtiar, charlotteobserver, 3 Apr. 2018
• Richard's quick witted humor and bright smile was a treasure to all who knew him.
  — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 9 Mar. 2018
• But Nelson and D’Angelo were both quick-witted, tough-minded and warm — a good match.
  — Jody Rosen, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2022
• Lesin was a sharp-witted hard drinker who was concerned about Russia’s image in the world.
  — Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2017
• But some of those quick-witted jokes are cringeworthy in 2021.
  — Usa Today Staff, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2021
• At the end of the episode, Janet created a dim-witted new boyfriend, Derek (Jason Mantzoukas).
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2017
• Kendrick Lamar, soon after, stuck to his role as rap's dry-witted warrior monk.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2022
• Lakewood Theatre kicks off the new year with a quick-witted farce by C.S. Whitcomb.
  — oregonlive, 4 Jan. 2023
• The latter were servile and parasitic, dim-witted and lazy, the children of African savagery.
  — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2017
• Loose-limbed and quick-witted, Brooks once sold a hundred and twelve bottles of Advanage in a day.
  — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
• Benny Safdie both plays the slow-witted brother and co-directs.
  — Chris Ball, cleveland.com, 8 Dec. 2017
• Lina and Wei's parents are dead from a tragic train crash, but the two now have a quick-witted daughter named Karen, who studies in the States.
  — Grace Z. Li, USA TODAY, 10 July 2018
• The loose-limbed, dim-witted dog Pluto was an unequal match for a piece of flypaper.
  — Lily Rothman, Time, 15 Dec. 2017
• But none of these shenanigans would work without a quick-witted, sure-footed cast.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 15 Dec. 2022
• Kids will love the quick-witted humor of this motley crew of characters.
  — Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2020
• This is the single greatest concern for the witted, not his idiotic tweets in the night.
  — Author: Kathleen Parker, Alaska Dispatch News, 2 July 2017
• Riverdale is very fast-paced, quick-witted, very current feeling.
  — Emma Dibdin, Marie Claire, 27 July 2017
• Dating provides more of the quick-witted banter that makes this series pop.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2021
• Her father, long-limbed and quick-witted like his daughter, smiled, putting his arm around the girl’s narrow shoulders.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2021
• Sharp-witted, laugh out loud funny, Sedaris-esque — my words fail me, but my feelings are very strong.
  — Nina MacLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2018
• Xie said the rabbit is a water animal with a quick-witted and alert mind, as well as a pleasant and calm demeanor.
  — Dallas News, 21 Jan. 2023
• Still, the first half is full of entertaining scenes spun with the quick-witted spirit of Rosalind Russell.
  — Ron Charles | The Washington Post, oregonlive.com, 7 June 2019
• A year and a half later, Quinn, now 79, remains sharp-witted, genial, mellow.
  — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2021
• The ensembles are as playful and quick-witted as her commentary of them.
  — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2022

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