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Witticisms meaning
plural of witticism
Example sentences (15)
During surgery, the Mother and the Husband sit in the waiting room, too wrung out even to trade Mooreian witticisms.
His witticisms and observations, or Tomlinisms, are widely appreciated, the most recent being when he explained the theory behind playing his starters in the preseason in colorful terms.
I am among his many admirers and always turned first to the end of the letters in the hope of finding another of his witticisms to start the day off with a chuckle.
We can only hope that the revised creative team figures out a way to clear up the Second Coming business in 25 minutes or so, with the last hour filled with snarky witticisms and playful bickering.
In an old interview clip dating back to 2002, Dr Lewis summarily dismissed Riley’s witticisms and emphatically claimed, “Evil is a religious concept.
The Office may be switching streaming platforms, but that doesn't mean we'll ever forget the show's insanely memorable witticisms.
Further, his jokes and witticisms were awkward, at best, since he didn’t share our culture.
Now, in 1921, Pound edited “The Waste Land,” cutting down lines devoted to parody and eliminating witticisms, but leaving untouched its mood of despair and desolation, and its message of neo-Christian hope.
Bernard is remembered mainly for witticisms, particularly from his play Les Jumeaux de Brighton (The Brighton Twins).
Having always excelled as a wit and raconteur, he often composed by assembling phrases, bons mots and witticisms into a longer, cohesive work.
He is famous for his fast, nervous delivery and close-to-the-knuckle witticisms.
Hogg and Mortimer, pp. 212–213 Elizabeth was well known for her dry witticisms.
Max Beerbohm described it as littered with "chiselled apophthegms—witticisms unrelated to action or character", of which he found half a dozen to be of the highest order.
Oscar Wilde 's witticisms such as "I can resist everything except temptation" are considered epigrams.
This almost completely disappeared as Steed and Peel visibly enjoy topping each other's witticisms.