Sample Sentences forwitticism (auto-selected)
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You will perhaps appreciate then my disappointment concerning my witticism yesterday evening.† (source)
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He laughed at her witticism, and took her to see the parade of floats from the balcony of the ice cream shop.† (source)
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Here it became apparent that Mr. Pilkington was about to spring some carefully prepared witticism on the company, but for a moment he was too overcome by amusement to be able to utter it.† (source)
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This was a savage witticism the men had, which Jurgis had to have explained to him.† (source)
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Peter has amazing presence of mind in the face of these so-called witticisms.† (source)
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Such rumors inevitably provoked anti-ecumenism riots and, of course, inspired new witticisms.† (source)
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Xavier endured these witticisms silently.† (source)
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Another fabulous witticism from Olaf and the place erupted in haw, haw, haws and "What did he says?"† (source)
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With limited instruction, he had perfected the art of withholding his insights, forgoing his witticisms, curbing the use of metaphors, similes, and analogies—in essence, exercising every muscle of poetic restraint.† (source)
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Unless you can cut this fog with your next witticism, keep it to yourself.† (source)
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I wasn't sure what frightened me more, the climb itself or the notion of being seen as a ghost; but I had no time for comforting witticisms, even to myself.† (source)
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He laughs, pleased with this witticism.† (source)
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Mrs. Bennet and her daughters then departed, and Elizabeth returned instantly to Jane, leaving her own and her relations' behavior to the remarks of the two ladies and Mr. Darcy; the latter of whom, however, could not be prevailed on to join in their censure of her, in spite of all Miss Bingley's witticisms on fine eyes.† (source)
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They all laughed and clapped, taking it for a deliberate witticism, while he did not know where to escape from his forebodings of disaster and bis feeling that despite his striving for the good and his capacity for happiness, he had no power over the future.† (source)
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It was pleasant in the summer forenoons—when the fervent heat, that almost liquefied the rest of the human family, merely communicated a genial warmth to their half torpid systems—it was pleasant to hear them chatting in the back entry, a row of them all tipped against the wall, as usual; while the frozen witticisms of past generations were thawed out, and came bubbling with laughter from their lips.† (source)
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Not seeing anyone in the yard, he slipped in, and at once saw near the gate a sink, such as is often put in yards where there are many workmen or cab-drivers; and on the hoarding above had been scribbled in chalk the time-honoured witticism, "Standing here strictly forbidden."† (source)
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