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How to use quick-witted in a sentence

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Evan is intelligent and quick-witted but sometimes a little lost in the modern world of speed dating and go-getting career women.
Naturally quick-witted with a sharp tongue, he ponders decisions with mathematical precision.
She was loving and generally patient with those she deemed worthy, and, as I said before, she was quick-witted and intelligent.
He looks powerful but perfectly balanced, and his manner is alert and quick-witted.
When asked about the vacant manager's post at Spurs, O'Neill response was quick-witted.
She's clearly an intelligent woman, quick-witted and self-effacing, so doesn't she worry that her job is essentially stupid?
As always, Rathbone gives us a Holmes that is quick-witted and focused, able to deduce what mere mortals cannot.
Intellectually quick-witted and bright, with an abrasive edge, Reid did well in school.
It's one thing to be smart and quick-witted, but can you back it up?
Though a stranger in a strange land, Maria is quick-witted, intelligent, and empathetic enough to figure out how to deal with the various characters she comes across.
The bird was spotted on the line near Kingston Bridge at 8.40 am by a quick-witted train driver who managed to avoid running it down.
He is a shoo-in for any quick-witted verbal gameshow that requires surreal rambling and a straight-faced delivery.
It is full of absurd would-be lovers, quick-witted opportunists, cold-hearted villains and crackpot eccentrics.
As for O'Neill, he left with his reputation as a quick-witted sharp operator severely dented.
He was a quick-witted, well-meaning man who went with the stream instead of having the vision and strength of judgment to stand out against it.
A quick-witted charity worker escaped the clutches of telephone tricksters following a warning from his residents' association.
Vidal had the best of all this because he was quick-witted and by far the funniest.
With Mercury in Aries and the Sun in the 3rd house ruled by Mars, he was quick-witted, intellectually motivated, an avid reader and a passionate speaker.
With his brightly coloured breeches, beaky nose and piercing eyes, he must have resembled a loquacious and quick-witted parrot.
A very smart and quick-witted comic, Wuhl always has tons of energy that holds the film together and keeps it moving.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Alexander was quick-witted, talented, and showy, if I may use so barbarous a word.
But it was very different with Ida, merry, little, quick-witted, bright-faced Ida.
What, after all, had a farm to offer a quick-witted man or woman?
He is not a very quick-witted youth, though comely to look at and, I should think, sound at heart.
She was quick-witted, she had lived long in the house and knew it.
Scraps was quick-witted, and although she had no heart she recognized the fact that Ojo was her first friend.
All these his quick-witted ingenuity pictured at once before him.
The quick-witted Major anticipated the nature of my question.
Six foot three in height, active as a squirrel, dexterous with his fingers, finally, remarkably quick-witted, for this whole ingenious story is of his concoction.
Anatole was not quick-witted, nor ready or eloquent in conversation, but he had the faculty, so invaluable in society, of composure and imperturbable self-possession.
I too squatted by Noma's head, and grew quick-witted in my fear.
They are docile, cleanly, quick-witted, and respectful to humbleness.
Like his cousin, the kit fox, he is not especially quick-witted.
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