How to Use witted in a Sentence

witted

adjective
  • The coach had a quick-witted response that squashed the trash talk.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 5 Sep. 2021
  • There are mic drops, over-the-top costumes, and quick-witted chaos.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Richard's quick witted humor and bright smile was a treasure to all who knew him.
    — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • The quick-witted athlete is known for speaking his mind on and off the court.
    — Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The quick-witted Shalit, fond of bow ties, aimed to make his segments fun.
    — Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026
  • There are some updates, of course, but the guys are still just as dim-witted as ever.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Riverdale is very fast-paced, quick-witted, very current feeling.
    — Emma Dibdin, Marie Claire, 27 July 2017
  • The steering is slow-witted, the handling relaxed, and the ride cushy.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 20 Apr. 2020
  • But none of these shenanigans would work without a quick-witted, sure-footed cast.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Kendrick Lamar, soon after, stuck to his role as rap's dry-witted warrior monk.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Kids will love the quick-witted humor of this motley crew of characters.
    — Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2020
  • Dating provides more of the quick-witted banter that makes this series pop.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2021
  • The Lost City aims to be quick-witted, giddy, a light delight.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 23 Mar. 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
  • Benny Safdie both plays the slow-witted brother and co-directs.
    — Chris Ball, cleveland.com, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Hughes is sharp-witted, funny, and, like all proper rock stars, crude sometimes.
    — Lucia Gillot, SPIN, 7 July 2022
  • But some of those quick-witted jokes are cringeworthy in 2021.
    — Usa Today Staff, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Neanderthal is an insult still lobbed about to suggest someone is dim-witted and out of touch.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 22 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • The ensembles are as playful and quick-witted as her commentary of them.
    — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The voice that had so startled me belonged to our farmhand, Heisuke, a loyal but rather slow-witted man.
    — Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
  • 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
  • One of the main characters meets a dim-witted young man with that phrase permanently tattooed on his chest.
    — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 22 Dec. 2017
  • 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
  • But Nelson and D’Angelo were both quick-witted, tough-minded and warm — a good match.
    — Jody Rosen, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The latter were servile and parasitic, dim-witted and lazy, the children of African savagery.
    — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2017
  • More than all of this, Antony was a loyal, kind, intelligent and razor-witted, friend.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 17 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • Usually no one can figure them out, but no one minds, because the show really is about the banter led by the quick-witted host.
    — Chris Ball, cleveland.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Doris was a high-spirited lover of life, the best storyteller, had compassion for all and a quick-witted sense of humor.
    — courant.com, 11 Aug. 2019

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