(1) In the meantime we had to share the Raconteurs' bus.
(2) This is typical Hampton: down to earth (he insists his only luxury is a yacht soon to be transferred from its mooring in Menorca to the south coast of England) and a good raconteur.
(3) White was losing his voice to a bout of bronchitis at the time, forcing Mosshart to come on stage and sing White's parts with the Raconteurs for the later dates of the tour.
(4) "Malcolm was a fantastic raconteur, with a brilliant and agile creative mind.
(5) He had to be content with the immense joy that he did give, apparently effortlessly; with being the most consistently funny raconteur of his time, recognised as a peer by virtually all other humorists, such as Frank Muir (obituary, January 3 1998), who called him "one of the best-loved people in the world".
(6) · Petrus Alexandrus (Peter Alexander) Ustinov, writer, actor, raconteur, born April 16 1921; died March 28 2004
(7) He was a film producer, satirist, television pioneer, theatre director, raconteur, wit and public speaker of boundless brio and enthusiasm.
(8) Saki, a big-hearted raconteur who runs Byzantium café, told me that you could nuke the whole of Europe and the two things that would survive would be Greeks and cockroaches.
(9) The relaxed, raconteur style of Hector, the old schoolteacher, was adored by the boys.
(10) He proved himself a brilliant, yet unflashy, raconteur with quite a raffish bohemian past.
(11) Brendan Benson has played down the possibility of a third Raconteurs album, revealing that although most of the band members live in Nashville, they never get together.
(12) I liked that about it, too.” Both Raconteurs albums debuted in the UK’s top 10 and both were awarded gold sales certificates.
(13) So joyous and immense were the hopes that once rested on the actor, raconteur and humanitarian Sir Peter Ustinov, who has died in Switzerland aged 82, that the final balance-sheet of his life was bound to seem an anticlimax, both to himself and to those who saw the skyrocket of his early talent.
(14) Jack White has resumed working with the Dead Weather, the psychedelic rock band featuring Kills singer Alison Mosshart and members of Queens of the Stone Age and the Raconteurs.
(15) And on bass is Jack Lawrence, recognisable not only as a member of the Raconteurs and Cincinnati-based trio the Greenhornes, but also because of his striking resemblance to the Greek singer Nana Mouskouri.
(16) The private LBJ was, by all accounts, the life of the party: funny, mimic, great sense of humour, wonderful raconteur, just a live wire.
(17) But as a new authorised biography reveals, the outrageous performer and raconteur had melancholy secrets that are only now emerging.
(18) His grandfather's sometimes risqué skills as a raconteur were supplemented by the stories Fo heard from other inhabitants of the villages around Lake Maggiore, in northern Italy, where he lived.
(19) Third Man is the home not just to Jack White's groups, the White Stripes, the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather, but several no-wave and blues artists like Dan Sartain, Mildred and the Mice, and Transit, a group that comprises employees of the Nashville Metro Transit Authority.
(20) She’s an incredibly gifted as writer and raconteur,” says Cadel, “but I would like to have seen her do more acting.
Wit
Definition:
(inf.) of Wit
(n.) To know; to learn.
(v.) Mind; intellect; understanding; sense.
(v.) A mental faculty, or power of the mind; -- used in this sense chiefly in the plural, and in certain phrases; as, to lose one's wits; at one's wits' end, and the like.
(v.) Felicitous association of objects not usually connected, so as to produce a pleasant surprise; also. the power of readily combining objects in such a manner.
(v.) A person of eminent sense or knowledge; a man of genius, fancy, or humor; one distinguished for bright or amusing sayings, for repartee, and the like.
Example Sentences:
(1) In a poll before the debate, 48% predicted that Merkel, who will become Europe's longest serving leader if re-elected on 22 September, would emerge as the winner of the US-style debate, while 26% favoured Steinbruck, a former finance minister who is known for his quick-wit and rhetorical skills, but sometimes comes across as arrogant.
(2) We are already witnessing a wholly understandable uprising of protest.
(3) Among the guests invited to witness the flypast were six second world war RAF pilots, dubbed the “few” by the wartime prime minister, Winston Churchill.
(4) Maguire's colleagues rushed to her side, some administering first aid while others held her attacker, witnesses said.
(5) That’s when you heard the ‘boom’.” Teto Wilson also claimed to have witnessed the shooting, posting on Facebook on Sunday morning that he and some friends had been at the Elk lodge, outside which the shooting took place.
(6) Any party or witness is entitled to use Welsh in any magistrates court in Wales without prior notice.
(7) Solzhenitsyn was acknowledged as a "truth-teller" and a witness to the cruelties of Stalinism of unusual power and eloquence.
(8) Unfortunately, under the Faustian pact we have witnessed a double whammy: fiscal policy being used to reduce government spending when the economy is already depressed.
(9) John Carver witnessed signs of much-needed improvement from the visitors in a purposeful spell either side of the interval but it was not enough to prevent a fifth successive Premier League defeat.
(10) Two officers who witnessed the shooting of unarmed 43-year-old Samuel DuBose in Cincinnati will not face criminal charges, despite seemingly corroborating a false claim that DuBose’s vehicle dragged officer Ray Tensing before he was fatally shot.
(11) He could be the target of more punishing wit, as when Michael Foot, noting a tendency to be tougher abroad than at home, called him "a belligerent Bertie Wooster without even a Jeeves to restrain him."
(12) Thanks to the groundbreaking technology and heavy investment of a new breed of entertainment retailers offering access services, we are witnessing a revolution in the entertainment industry, benefitting consumers, creators and content owners alike.” ERA acts as a forum for the physical and digital retail sectors of music, and represents over 90% of the of the UK’s entertainment retail market.
(13) The observed complications were post-labor hemorrhage (3.1%), polysystolia (4.1%) and vomiting (5.2%), without significant difference with the witness group.
(14) At one, in the Gun and Dog pub in Leeds on Tuesday, a witness described how the meeting descended into chaos when one of the rebels smashed a glass and threatened to attack Griffin supporter Mark Collett.
(15) My mother told me not to cry.” He has since witnessed the transformation of Hagere Selam.
(16) Imagine witnessing a game of bridge being played in the Cabinet War Rooms in the year 2072 AD.
(17) The contrast between the two plans is best witnessed from the small park between the Trade Centre and the 1930s National Assembly, one of the few survivors of the earthquake.
(18) Results indicate that 75% of the participating boys and 10% of participating girls had witnessed the shooting, stabbing, robbing, or killing of another person in their own lives.
(19) FWA chairman Andy Dunn said: "Those members who have been fortunate enough to be working at a match involving Luis Suárez have witnessed an astonishing talent first-hand.
(20) The main pregnancy resolution was vaginal via; only 6.3% of the study group subjected cesarean section against 10.3% of the witness group and the most frecuent indication was stationary dilation (1 and 8 cases respectively).