| 单词 | witless |
| 例句 | “Well, behind my fearless facade, little brother, I am regularly scared witless by all manner of things. But how stupid of us. Why on earth didn't we just swap rooms?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Both times I was scared so witless that the guards had to carry me along by the arms. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Already men were breaking away, flying wild and witless here and there, flinging away their weapons, crying out in fear, falling to the ground. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "You witless weed! You empty-headed hamster! You stupid glob of glue!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z They usually traveled in packs, and once when he threw a stone at some of them, they chased, caught, and beat him witless. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Which makes you pretty skint, witless,” said a cackling voice. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z "Stop giving yourself airs, you witless servant boy!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z I wished she’d pop awake and let out a demonic laugh and just go ahead and scare me witless. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It is the irony of this story that the one who scared me witless to start with was the very same who brought me peace, purpose, I dare say even wholeness. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The cherry bomb had scared them witless, except for Ernie, who was witless anyway. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “You think me a witless fool,” he whispered. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Not being entirely witless I got the picture that if we were going to die it wasn’t going to be from smallpox. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z We didn’t feel it—we were just startled witless by the bang. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Gurgi, almost witless with fear, pulled on the horses’ bridles, leading them to the safety of the trees. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Drawn from the lowest and most vicious segment, too witless to even become overseers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Maybe they were higher. I don’t know. The weather was bad enough to scare me witless, that’s all I know for sure.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Its occasional mumbling about First Amendment rights seems more afterthought than agenda in this clumsy re-enactment of the film’s production, release and subsequent obscenity trials, which unfolds like a witless “Laugh-In” sketch. | 'The Deep Throat Sex Scandal': Trials Caused by a Pornographic Film Are Brought to Life 2010-10-11T21:13:00Z Lazy, mean-spirited, incoherent, infantile and, above all, witless, the farce — which focuses on five 40-something guys in full regression — suggests a hangover from “The Hangover.” | 'Grown Ups': Adam Sandler in Blatant Acts of Naked Regression 2010-06-24T22:53:00Z It's all a bit witless but the performances aren't too bad, the subject matter just reminds you of something much more fun you could be doing instead of watching. Commonwealth Games 2010-10-02T05:45:00Z Anyway, here eventually was Chris, the nerdy new sales recruit being mercilessly ribbed by his two witless colleagues and berated by his boss for not understanding what was going on. Rewind TV: The Apprentice; The Song of Lunch; The Genius of British Art 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z One Direction – the most exciting pop group on the planet, according to Cowell – slogged their way through a witless cover of Something About The Way You Look Tonight. The X Factor 2010: the lessons we've learnt from this year's show 2010-12-10T12:08:00Z The humour in My Man Godfrey is madcap, but in the best way, and the main source of comedy is the vulgar behaviour of the spoiled, witless Bullock family. My streaming gem: why you should watch My Man Godfrey 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z Disappointingly, it was not merely bad as in dismissive, but bad as in lazy and witless, and was therefore altogether underwhelming. The critic who hit the stage 2010-05-13T21:00:00Z The Hollywood Reporter's Frank Scheck calls "Cops" a "witless high-concept comedy" and says it "fails to mine the potentially humorous premise for the necessary laughs, with nearly all of the gags falling thuddingly flat." 'Let's Be Cops' should hand over its badge and gun, reviews say 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z An offense against feminism, narrative logic and Fleetwood Mac, “The Kitchen” is a terrible, witless mess. Review ‘The Kitchen’: Three Caged Birds Go Wildly, Witlessly Free 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z And yet the show — interactive theater featuring witless spectacle, stale comedy and fresh food — is arguably an argument for that point. | 'Conni?s Avant Garde Restaurant': ?Conni?s Avant Garde Restaurant: The Mothership Landing? - Review 2011-09-20T19:53:47Z The action ramps up in the final section of the book, which plays like a thriller in which Hélène is the somewhat witless ingénue. Review | A book about the Civil War that speaks to our times, too 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z A metaphor lurks here: Donald Trump is a tornado, witlessly devastating the world that Michael Lewis has come to love and chronicle. Michael Lewis Wonders Who’s Really Running the Government 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Was there not something rather witless about the dialogue? A Ship Sinks, and a Boy Is Enthralled 2013-08-21T16:31:12Z Alex Ross wrote in The New Yorker that "pound for pound, ton for ton, it is the most witless and wasteful production in modern operatic history." Lepage `Ring' cycle released on DVD next month 2012-08-06T16:59:08Z The Innocent strives for pathos but lacks the physical expressiveness to convey it; the King capers witlessly, bellowing into an overamplified throat mic, and the Trickster, denied any dramatic raison d'être, races around gesturing emptily. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; Kooza/Cirque du Soleil – review 2013-01-13T00:05:32Z Looking to get scared witless this Halloween weekend? 19 haunted houses and other Halloween screams in Southern California this weekend 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z He described Palin as "deranged", a "witless bully" and a "phony pioneer girl". West Wing creator Sorkin accuses Sarah Palin of shooting animal for 'political gain' 2010-12-08T16:10:00Z Sarah Palin a "witless bully" after her cable television travelogue series featured the killing of a caribou. Screenwriter takes Palin to task for caribou hunt 2010-12-08T19:59:00Z Instead, the movie unfurls as a tedious series of bloody deaths and witless dialogue. ‘Violent Night’ Review: Yucks, Not Yule 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z And speaking of Australia, 5 Seconds of Summer -- well, actually, let's not speak of this Sydney-based pop-punk troupe at all, so dull and witless was its slog through the acoustic ballad "Amnesia." MTV Video Music Awards 2014: Beyonce shows the stars how it's done 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z From all her smiles, it’s the best thing to happen to Marley since blond tips, or so this witless movie would have you believe. Movie Review: ?A Little Bit of Heaven,? With Kate Hudson 2012-05-03T23:08:55Z This TV show took everything subtle, quirky, and effective about the source movie, and transformed it into a vulgar, witless, generic bore. Review: ‘A Christmas Story Live!’ Wasn’t Lively Enough 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z A killer proceeds to thin the herd — with a sword here, a tanning bed there — a slaughter for which this witless movie neglects to supply a motive. ‘Jersey Shore Massacre’ Blends the Slasher and Beach Genres 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z But he’s not always in control of his material, including some cheap shots that slide into witless sexism. ‘Don’t Look Up’ Review: Tick, Tick, Kablooey 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Would a young girl of Annie’s obvious intelligence and experience really even conceive of a plan as witless as getting pregnant as a matter of solidarity among girlfriends? | 'Milk Like Sugar': ?Milk Like Sugar? at Peter Jay Sharp Theater - Review 2011-11-02T02:00:09Z A bad novel is written in prose that’s consistently witless, colorless and pocked with cliches. Perspective | Mr. President, you don’t know a poorly written novel 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z The song’s surprisingly violent absurdism might appeal to the witless narrator of “Famous People,” Kuritzkes’s début novel, which will be published in July. What We’re Reading This Summer 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z You knew there'd be a protest from Peta and you knew that would be an opportunity to hate on some people, you witless bully. West Wing creator Sorkin accuses Sarah Palin of shooting animal for 'political gain' 2010-12-08T16:10:00Z But Friends From College, which was all but booed off the internet for being awful and witless, is. Which Netflix shows are being binged the fastest? 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z "I have had word that La Moss wishes to bestow her favours upon you," my witless side-kick Matt said the following day. HarperCollins, ?20 2010-10-04T23:07:00Z How about the witless US remake of Scandi-crime drama The Killing, whose writers presumably caught five minutes of the original on one of those tiny aeroplane headrest TVs, without subtitles, and worked from there? Hatewatching: shouting about rubbish TV on Twitter 2012-06-22T23:05:00Z Shelby suddenly started scaring me witless by saying I was looking at 25 years in jail and a $1 million fine. ‘I liked going to New York as a drug trafficker’: Duane Jackson 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z In fact, the whole of Temple of Doom made Indy look like a chump, played as the film was for witless slapstick and comedy racism. Why I'd like to be … Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z The problem is Wonderland itself, where, for the best part of two hours, we are offered posturing, face-pulling and witless running around as a substitute for action and narrative. Giselle; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland – review 2013-03-31T00:05:25Z The old black magic worked: they too were scared witless. Richard Matheson (1926–2013): The Wizard of What-If? 2013-06-28T20:55:11Z Tighter, tougher and every bit as witless as its predecessor, “The Divergent Series: Insurgent” — the second segment in the cycle — arrives with a yawn and ends with a bang. Review: ‘Insurgent’ Brandishes a Tougher Shailene Woodley 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The rest of the characters, and all the subplots, are tedious and witless and played absolutely straight. Is Renee Zellweger's Netflix thriller the best trash TV show of 2019? 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z At times, it’s true, the jabbering caricatures of conniving Southern women serve witless ends, as in “The Gnädiges Fräulein,” a freaky hootenanny with obscure meaning from 1966 that isn’t actually very funny. Theater: New Light, Long After His Sun Set 2011-02-13T01:06:05Z “It worries me that if something is an absolutely po-faced, witless plodding through of something awful then it is taken to be acclaimed,” he says. David Mitchell: ‘I see myself as a coward’ 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z They are scared witless, desperate not to get killed. First sight: Samuel Maoz 2010-04-08T22:50:00Z As Venezuela gorged on imports and prices ballooned, Chávez and his handpicked successor, the witless ideologue Nicolás Maduro, kept forcing price controls that further discouraged domestic industry, spawning huge shortages and extortionate black markets. The Disaster That Is Venezuela 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z But Vorderman is also a candidate after her performance as the wicked witch of the witless on Question Time. The mystery of Robina Hood 2010-04-05T18:30:00Z However, there is now another contender for the title – the infinitely more expensive Vampires Suck, a witless, slavish pastiche of the series of romantic dramas based on Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novels. Vampires Suck ? review 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z The New Yorker critic Alex Ross called that staging, which returned most recently in 2019, “the most witless and wasteful production in modern operatic history.” The Stakes Are Sky-High for a ‘Ring’ Coming to the Met Opera 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z He was also hired to take on a project for Marvel’s archnemesis, DC, hence “The Suicide Squad,” a follow-up to the witless 2016 hit “Suicide Squad.” ‘The Suicide Squad’ Review: Train Them! Excite Them! Arm Them! 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z The biggest dud is Rusty Cundieff’s “Victory’s Glory,” a witless, unfunny satire of racial stereotyping in basketball. Movie Review: ‘Movie 43,’ Crude Vignettes With Big Stars and Directors 2013-01-26T00:08:39Z Above all, he shows limitless patience with the folly and ill-humour of his witless paramour. With The Last Song, Miley Cyrus leaves her fans to their fate 2010-05-04T09:00:00Z In The New York Review of Books, the feminist Ellen Willis said it best, finding the movie “witless, exploitative and about as erotic as a tonsillectomy.” Movie Review: ‘Lovelace,’ About the Star of ‘Deep Throat’ 2013-08-08T22:39:00Z Alex Ross, in The New Yorker, went so far as to say, “Pound for pound, ton for ton, it is the most witless and wasteful production in modern operatic history.” The Met Opera’s ‘Ring’ Works Best From the Cheap Seats 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Even if his intention is sincere homage, the bludgeoning witless imitation can’t help but feel like minstrelsy. Review | Post Malone is the perfect pop star for this American moment. That’s not a compliment. 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z But mostly this crass, witless, and unpleasant attempt at comedy showcases Ritchie's lack of sense and taste. Guy Ritchie's 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z The opera is about the maturing of a young, fearless and somewhat witless demigod. Music Review: Metropolitan Opera?s ?Siegfried? Is Led by Impressive Singing 2011-10-28T12:28:31Z Some were vitriolic: Michael Ratcliffe in the Observer dubbed the show "a witless and synthetic entertainment". Twenty-five years on, they ask me if I was wrong about Les Mis?rables ... 2010-09-21T11:48:00Z The moment I saw it in black and white, I felt like a witless bully. Charlie Brooker: Why I'm calling time on Screen Burn 2010-10-15T13:54:00Z Either way, last night Ken Morley made a fairly convincing case that he's the most witlessly obnoxious man on the face of the planet. Where does Come Dine With Me go after its Coronation Street special? 2010-12-07T12:16:00Z In this way, the book is not really offensive so much as witlessly derivative, endlessly recapitulating the wisdom of other, canonical self-help and business books — by Stephen Covey, Simon Sinek, Shawn Achor, Adam Grant. Having Trouble Having It All? Ivanka Alone Can Fix It 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z This 1836 work — in which a witless fop is assumed to be a powerful state functionary by corrupt politicians in the provinces — infuses scathing satire with giddy surrealism. A Giddy ‘Government Inspector,’ Restaged by the Red Bull Theater 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z He couldn’t much abide reading “junk prose,” or watching television or movies, but he was mesmerized and thrilled by sports, and especially the Red Sox: “I sit with my mouth open, witlessly enraptured.” Donald Hall’s Life Work 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z By “calamitous” I mean lazy, sloppy and witless. Review: She’s Still a Mess, but ‘Snatched’ Is No ‘Trainwreck’ 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Talking of TV shopping, witless uber-muppet Simon Ambrose selling a mini trampoline is already a comedy classic. 10 years of The Apprentice: the oddest, funniest and most awkward moments 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Some feminists might wish to decry this kind of live-and-let-live ethos as witless and naïve. Reconsidering the Rock Groupie 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z What makes “Leap Year” so singularly dispiriting is precisely that it is bad without distinction — so witless, charmless and unimaginative that it can be described as a movie only in a strictly technical sense. 2010-01-08T03:34:00Z Want to watch a witless, never-ending parade of abject dance acts, hopeless comedy sketches and musical performances that'll make you question the value of humanity? Can TV's returning Birds of a Feather cope in Towie's Essex of today? 2013-06-18T12:12:30Z A poster more notable for its witless use of Photoshop than anything else. The Snowman, Yogi Bear and Hollywood's unintentionally funny movie posters 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Which is not to say that the band was witless. Reviving the Pop-Punk Innocence of Blink-182 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z It’s about taking the reins, that’s it, which is worth doing, even when it scares us witless. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Oh, brother! A widowed dad makes sexist jokes about dating. 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z But rather than old-fashioned witless xenophobia, his material is rooted in keen observational humour, which swaps hackneyed cliche for fresh insights. This week's new live comedy 2013-04-13T05:00:16Z As the simpleton Lymon, Fisher occasionally goes too hokey, especially when it comes to his Southern drawl, but is endearing nonetheless with his dopey physicality and witless expressions. ‘The Piano Lesson’ Review: August Wilson’s Phantom Notes 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Shortly before, Alex Ross had written of the “Ring” in The New Yorker: “Pound for pound, ton for ton, it is the most witless and wasteful production in modern operatic history.” Critic?s Notebook: Peter Gelb on Wagner?s ?Ring? Cycle at Met Opera 2012-04-03T18:45:55Z Pound for pound, ton for ton, it is the most witless and wasteful production in modern operatic history. Bryn Terfel: 'I'd like to sing Citizen Kane' 2012-06-26T17:40:14Z One trailer for shows folks at a preview screening purportedly scared witless, as if it’s a preview screaming. Paranormal Activity 4: Jumping the Shock? 2012-10-18T12:00:00Z Travel isn’t just about frolicking witless on a beach — and even if it is, so what? The Deal Not Taken 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z These moments are in line with some of the more flagrantly obnoxious stereotypes that he folds in, just like a studio hack might have done back in the day while having a witless chuckle. ‘Licorice Pizza’ Review: California Dreaming and Scheming 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z What motivates this vigilantism is anyone’s guess: back stories are not Raymond’s forte, at least on the evidence of this witless first feature. ‘Night Hunter’ Review: Botching the Detectives 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z I still think Pendulum are joyless, witless and grindingly dull, but the more I think about them the more I find something almost perfect in their ability to annoy me and the people I know. Pendulum are the sound of youth ? just not mine 2010-06-03T10:41:00Z It’s about something widespread: the stigma attached to being “book smart” in a place where being zonked and witless is just so much easier. 'Something Rich and Strange,' a Ron Rash Anthology 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z The most conspicuous is the muffling of Mr. Turner, an actor of wit and charm, who is here required to be witless and charmless. | 'On a Clear Day You Can See Forever' : ?On a Clear Day You Can See Forever? at St. James - Review 2011-12-12T03:01:02Z You know, about 50% of us are going to get it during our lifetime and we are scared witless of it. Iron Maiden Bruce Dickinson embarks on spoken word tour 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z More than a century before Walt Disney, whom they directly inspired, the Grimms knew that the best way to teach a lesson to children was to scare them witless. A Punkster Hansel & Gretel: That Witch Does Not Kill Us 2013-01-25T21:25:50Z The powerful sense of isolation a bewildered 21st century idiot attempts to stave off by bragging about his or her witless exploits on social networks, accompanying each boast with a modish hashtag. From Armchair Paralympian to Paedosavile: my words of 2012 2012-12-30T20:00:00Z What’s most troubling about this witless mishmash of whiny, infantile philosophizing and bone-crunching violence is the increasing realization that it actually thinks it’s saying something of significance. David Fincher ‘not responsible’ for incels co-opting 'Fight Club': 'We didn’t make it for them' 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z One is that the Proud Boys’ lawyers presented Nordean and the others as witless dupes of Trump, drunks who were conned into chasing a lie. Seattle-area Proud Boy Ethan Nordean and the cracking of a cult 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z And it’s, hands down, one of the most witless acts perpetuated at the hands of today’s parents. Parents, wake up: Your kids aren’t your friends, and neither are their screens 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Los Angeles is often caricatured as witlessly Edenic, “the City of Dreadful Joy,” in Aldous Huxley’s pointed phrase. Op-Ed: Elegy for a big, beautiful L.A. cat 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z At one point, he describes Andrew as a “witless royal falling prey to the generosity of wealthy friends of dubious provenance.” Review | Princess Diana confided in Andrew Morton. What more is there to divulge? 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z “In many ways, the idea of a movie scared me witless,” Graham wrote in her 1997 memoir, “Personal History.” How ‘All the President’s Men’ went from buddy flick to masterpiece “I simply cannot any longer share in this bloody, witless and absolutely needless ignominy,” Mr. Bondarev wrote. ‘They basically got everything wrong’: A Russian diplomat speaks out on the war. 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z “The Ministry has become my home and family. But I simply cannot any longer share in this bloody, witless and absolutely needless ignominy,” he wrote, adding, “Job offers are welcome …” ‘Ashamed’ Russian diplomat resigns over Putin’s ‘aggressive war’ 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Instead of Huxley’s witless joy, let’s substitute wildness: a city in which nature vividly asserts itself. Op-Ed: Elegy for a big, beautiful L.A. cat 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z A Russian diplomat has quit his job in protest at the "bloody, witless" war "unleashed by Putin against Ukraine". Russian diplomat quits over war in Ukraine 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Sean said: "Even though I'm scared witless, I'm not in any current danger that I'm aware of - but that can change in a matter of seconds." Glasgow man stranded in Ukraine with wife and stepson 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z The vile word is now a casual slur, wielded comfortably by witless bigots asserting white supremacy. Column: The N-word doesn't belong in a fourth-grade classroom, even in poetry 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z James, 56, admitted he was "scared witless" by his latest role in A Number, a play about the ethics of human cloning. Lennie James: Walking Dead star demands debate over gay and disability roles 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z One needn’t be a great wit to create a nickname, but being witless is surely helpful to hurling racial and religious insults. Opinion | The mean girls in Congress just can’t quit each other 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z They confess to long-standing crushes and grudges but are too witless to do anything about them: Nobody punches anyone or shags anyone they shouldn’t; in fact, no one has any sex at all. Review: An unpleasant 'Silent Night' with the dreary dozen 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Republicans famously performed an electoral "autopsy" after that election in which, among other things, they acknowledged that their reputation as witless misogynists was hurting the party's image. The war on women returns: How GOP governors may doom Republicans in Congress 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z There where the sound of a sudden avalanche of bark shedding from a towering Douglas fir made the ground shake, scaring Franklin witless. Meet the eminent scientist, now 84, who vowed as a boy to protect Washington’s old-growth forests 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z I don’t really care about the typically witless plots, as long as there are cars and explosions and mostly cars exploding. Opinion | Sorry, We Aren’t Going Back to the Movies 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z Social media’s operating assumption in denying some people a soapbox in the virtual public square is that people in the audience are generally too witless to distinguish between truth and falsehood. Opinion | The anti-elite elites who want to thwart a Jan. 6 commission 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z Thank God for those Dutch paintings showing drunkards falling about in taverns, for Daumier’s twitchy politicians festering in their own corruption and for Hogarth’s visions of witless aristocrats, yawning servants and overturned chairs. Perspective | Feeling sleepy yet? Frightened witless, Freddie manages to deliver his assigned message to the home of a man he believes is the murderer. Review: 5 winter mysteries that turn up the heat 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Shirtless men resembling Lost Boys rather than Proud Boys donned face paint, fur headgear, horns and shirts with witless slogans. In America's capital, terrifying images from a failed state: our own 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z It was, in its own content-free, witless way, an assertion of power. Opinion | The GOP’s agenda under Trump: Voter suppression, pandemic denial and a personality cult 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z A carnival brute mistreats his witless waif assistant, who meets a friendly aerialist. Movies on TV this week: 'Psycho'; 'Lawrence of Arabia' and more 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z And no other president would be so witless as to waste precious time and resources with magical thinking about quick miracle cures. American vandal: Trump reveals our staggering incompetence before the whole world 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z For all the quick intelligence that quizzing demands, it can also be slow and witless in avoiding the worst traits of the culture it inhabits. Question time: my life as a quiz obsessive 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Because if we don’t, as Roger Goodell is my witless witness, these swindling, cheating, scamming, preening Patriots are going to win another Super Bowl. Perspective | Predicting the end of the Patriots’ dynasty? Don’t get your hopes up. 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z Surely one of the more witless political causes of our time, the attack on lightbulb standards sure enough got taken up by President Trump, who in September proposed rolling back the efficiency mandate. Column: Trump's attack on lightbulb standards is his flimsiest environmental rollback yet 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z "Every student was scared witless of him," Ms Scolding told the inquiry. Make failing to report child abuse illegal, say victims 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z It wasn't just the forgetting of their birthdays - the children were scared witless of their father. 'My cruel gangster father made me have a nose job' 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z It is appropriate to describe Johnson with pure witless swearing, for that is all he deserves. Stewart Lee book extract: ‘My work became increasingly angry, bitter and incoherent’ 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z Now all PSG require is to convince one of about three global clubs who might be able to finance Neymar’s transfer that doing so would not be totally witless. Football transfer rumours: Neymar to leave PSG? 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z It left smug, witless readers of the leisure class amused. The man who saw Trump coming a century ago 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z And George Conway responded on Twitter, posting, “Needless to say, there’s a huge difference between an isolated slip of the tongue and ceaseless, shameless, and witless prevarication on virtually all topics, large and small.” Four of George Conway’s most memorable attacks on President Donald Trump 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z “The Lears” is a witlessly profane attempt at dark comedy that is beneath the talents of everyone on screen. Review: Nothing regal about unpleasant ‘The Lears’ 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Words like inane, witless and stupid come to mind. Feedback: From the Golden Globes' hits and misses to 'Mrs. Maisel's' 'stereotypes' 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z Cybersecurity companies are notorious for scaring us witless in the drive to sell more of their products. Tech trends 2019: 'The end of truth as we know it?' 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z This process is the reverse of natural selection — call it the survival of the witless. Opinion | Trump is a political vampire 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Like a cream pie to be tossed at his adversaries or a whoopie cushion to entertain his witless republican henchmen. Chief Justice Defends Judicial Independence After Trump Attacks ‘Obama Judge’ 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z “Great fun; but when I went home that evening I was still scared witless.” Tom Gallagher, Foreign Service officer who quit to live as openly gay, dies at 77 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Disputing these narratives tends to result in personal besmirchment, with questioners labelled either a pawn of the industry or witless dupe. Why mobile phones are NOT a health hazard 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z But it it is also rooted in French soil, where anti-Semitism — even von Trier's bumbling, halfhearted, witless excuse for anti-Semitism — is not something taken lightly. Lars von Trier’s ‘The House That Jack Built’ and Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ make for a night of provocation in Cannes 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z But it it is also rooted in French soil, where anti-Semitism — even von Trier’s bumbling, halfhearted, witless excuse for anti-Semitism — is not something taken lightly. Lars von Trier’s ‘The House That Jack Built’ and Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ make for a night of provocation in Cannes 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z That explains his sad absence from "Pacific Rim Uprising," a bland, efficient, cheerfully witless sequel in which the apocalypse turns out not to have been canceled, just postponed. 'Pacific Rim Uprising' is a big, noisy, cheerfully dumb monsters-and-robots sequel 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Dubious on their own, they are even more witless when combined. Our Childish Gun Debate 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z This was a show about the dull reality of entrenched power: predictable, witless, a waste of the attention with which we all rewarded it. Justin Timberlake had nothing to say at the Super Bowl and wouldn't stop saying it 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z This is the same country that refused admission to the News fleeing Hitler; confrontation is inevitable with those who witlessly flaunt the rules. Opinion | The Survivor’s Guilt of a New American Citizen 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z It’s the same dreary hooey, made more tedious and witless through repetition. 'Flatliners,' the remake nobody asked for, is exactly as witless as you'd expect 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z “In his field of comedy, which happens to be both narrow and rutted, Mr. Lewis stands as a sort of witless genius,” critic Harriet Van Horne of the New York World-Telegram and Sun wrote. Jerry Lewis, comedy king and master of slapstick, dies at 91 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z Is that a crime even if done through witting or witless U.S. entities? Opinion | Is Russian election influence a crime? 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z ‘Wish Upon’ review: Want a gruesome, witless teen horror flick? 3 movies open July 14; here’s how they rate 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z And while it’s not entirely pleasant to watch Junior, Kushner and the others stage this somewhat gormless, witless, feckless reenactment, the story remains entertaining. 'These are not bright guys': watching the Trumps bring about their own destruction | Van Badham 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z These stories fly in the face of our traditional portrait of slavery, which tends to depict the enslaved as witless and powerless. Opinion | How slaves maintained their personal value even while on the auction block 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Watching our century, I nominate the 9/11 attacks, our witless lashing out in unnecessary Middle East wars and the Great Recession. Seattle’s future isn’t what it used to be 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z They took root in the dark crevices of the Web and took flight thanks to social media platforms, whose witless “who, us?” posture in the face of misinformation and outright lunacy is a civic embarrassment. ‘Pizzagate’ shows how fake news hurts real people 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Not least of the surprises here is that even when “The Monster” is trying to scare you witless, its every scene insistently reaffirms its characters’ humanity. Mother-daughter drama raises goosebumps in 'The Monster' 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z However, we thought the episode would fall down as we said 'no one would ever vote for anything so witless and crude'. Black Mirror: Charlie Brooker on how 'terrifying' trolling inspired show - BBC News 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z And Trump concluded his performance by praising himself for his own grace and restraint, during an evening that showed him to be nasty, witless and deceptive. Out of his depth, Donald Trump clings to deception 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z “Oh, he’s pulled his arms off!” the witless announcer yells. After Drug Tests, Is Anyone Left in the Weight-Lifting Room? 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z “When you see families” in such a situation, Williams noted, “they are scared” witless. He beat leukemia. But then, mysteriously, things got really bad. 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z "It is extremely difficult to prepare for and it worries me witless," said the owner of PK Engineering. With crisis plans and cuts, British bosses brace for Brexit 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z My friends and I were terrified witless of nuclear war, but we didn’t have to panic about finding a home or work. A millennial and a baby boomer trade places: ‘I can’t help but feel a stab of envy’ 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Bush uncorks witless, prefab soundbites: Mr. Trump is a “chaos candidate.” Palin and the GOP’s Uncertain Trumpeters 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z I have little patience for that; the celebration of alienation, and careless cynicism about our democracy, has become a witless plague upon us. 'Why Donald Trump Isn't a Politician' 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z Marshalls are killed and Mr. Liotta and Miss Holly face off in a battle of the witless. Christmas action movies provide holiday entertainment alternatives 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z A clearly flustered Trump resorted to his instinctual defense mechanism, the witless insult. Jeb’s jab lands: Bush gets under Donald Trump’s skin at debate by slamming his posturing on ISIS 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z The first point is brazen — enshrining the hidden surveillance state that Edward Snowden first revealed — but the second is witless. If the UK government collects browsing data, one day it will be public 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z The premise of the haunted house is simple - visitors file into each 360 degree immersive maze, where they are pounced upon and scared witless at every turn, with each experience lasting around five minutes. Halloween scares up big business in the US - BBC News 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Gowdy cleverly brought up Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s witless comment suggesting the purpose of the investigation had been to damage her popularity. Two Departures and a Grilling 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z He refuses to place cruel and witless slaughter on a pedestal of fascination or to locate in it any serious meaning. Toni Morrison on Primo Levi’s defiant humanism 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z They will stop suddenly without checking who is behind them and look up, blank-faced and witless, when challenged. Walk and use a mobile at the same time? No | Elizabeth Day 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z “I’ve been scared witless the whole time, because I know there’s such a long way to fall,” Lagercrantz confided in his Swedish TV interview last year. The ghostwriter, the secret plot and a ‘grave-robbing’ Stieg Larsson sequel 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z Teachers unions are scared witless that the nation’s highest court will come down on the side of the plaintiffs. California Editorial Roundup 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z But I was painfully aware that most of the cartoons were amateurish and witless. Pamela Geller’s abuse of free speech 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z It's April 1, and the Internet is a frazzled, hot mess of jokes, lies and hoaxes being witlessly shared by your friend's roommate's boyfriend. 'Kremvax': The Strange Story of the Internet's First April Fools' Prank 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z “Pound for pound, ton for ton, it is the most witless and wasteful production in modern operatic history,” Alex Ross wrote in this magazine. A Fight at the Opera 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z And yet at its witless core was an old question I was encountering for the first time: How would human consciousness contend with a software upgrade? Why Is Our Sci-Fi So Glum About A.I.? 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Doubly so, if witless wind-up merchants like Hopkins agree with them. Katie Hopkins fat-shaming the obese is pointless – we already blame ourselves 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Perhaps failing to reach the Champions League is a mercy: there is no telling what top-drawer continental opposition would do to this bloodless, witless Celtic team. Celtic exit Champions League after 2-0 defeat to Legia Warsaw 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z It was the first time I’d read about adult relations and not been bored witless. Fear of Flying was the first time I encountered adult life and wasn’t bored 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z A clockwork man, a witless machine, the sentinel followed the rabbi’s orders to the letter: “Clear the precinct after dusk.” The future of warfare: Why we should all be very afraid 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z He said the level of interest showed rivals and the media were "scared witless" of UKIP's recent successes. Farage attacks 'gay floods' coverage 2014-01-20T13:57:13Z People are watching not as couch potatoes, thoughtless, witless, uncritical. Binge Viewing Gets A Bad Rap; Here's The Reality 2013-12-30T15:23:00Z The type of frenzy the movie depicts duped witless investors to join what they were assured was a run-up that couldn’t lose. Real Wolf Of Wall Street's Sweet Pay Deal 2013-12-29T20:33:00Z Today, with our Constitution being replaced by a tyrannical executive, a misdirected Congress, and a witless Supreme Court, attempting to equate money to free speech and make corporations citizens, China may overtake these United States. Economic history: What was the Great Divergence? 2013-09-02T10:13:31Z Well, at the risk of boring you witless, I would point to the one marked "infrastructure". Can business lead the recovery? 2013-04-22T08:24:55Z On the other, it could just be the usual witless inconsistency of journalism born of populism writ large. The Fiver 2013-04-17T14:44:02Z When endured an interview of witless genius with the hitherto little-known LaTonya Norton, we were invited to gaze again on the wonderland of innocence that is the United States of Amnesia. Mo Farah's mistaken identity is typical of United States of Amnesia 2013-03-02T14:00:01Z No, You’re Not Sorry by Michael Moynihan Sorry but the endless apologies from hapless celebrities and witless pundits add up to a... Screwing Ourselves to Extinction? 2013-02-28T09:45:00Z What really irritates me is the witless, abusive and arrogant chant of "You don't know what you're doing" to which a minority of supporters so regularly resort. Super League Set of Six: why the World Club Challenge is one to savour 2013-02-19T10:15:00Z What we really need right now is the exact opposite of the flagrantly witless conversation we've been having. Joe Klein: Obama's Second Chance 2013-01-10T13:35:33Z Good advertising that is well executed and targeted does little good if you can't separate the working from the witless. Why Money Can Hurt Your Marketing 2012-12-07T18:09:43Z All began dancing around yard, Ferber looking witless at sudden dancing, then doing dance of own, by chasing own tail. George Saunders: “The Semplica-Girl Diaries.” 2012-10-08T04:00:00Z The witless ineptitude of their performance was unique to English teams, under pressure, against spin, in Asia. England v West Indies – live! 2012-09-27T13:00:00Z But fatigue soon sets in thanks to a flat storyline, repetitive dialogue and a script that is, at best, witlessly profane. New Super Mario Bros 2 – review 2012-08-11T23:03:02Z The boys, presumably just as far gone, stood around grinning witlessly. The British are Drinking 2012-07-30T05:00:00Z Harthacanute was advised to submit; he knelt before his father and obtained forgiveness, as the King realised that no responsibility could lodge with a witless boy. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z "We say that none run women down, but such as are too old or too ill-favoured, or too witless, to please them." The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Was ever known The witless shepherd who persists to drive A flock that thirsts not to a pool disliked? Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z The best of servants, but," and he glanced again defiantly at his daughter, "a poor witless body outside the household service. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z The rôle of villain is left for the demagogues, and that of the witless accomplice for the people. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Ahi! it broke my poor brother's heart to find a witless mind in a body that, as you truly say, has some elements of graciousness. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z It was Daft Larry, the witless stockman, who, being also stone deaf, was incapable of answering questions. A Bride from the Bush 2011-12-24T03:08:05.053Z Or your introduction might be a whiff of fun, for which the youngsters are so eager that the most witless piece of jollity, if it spring from a merry heart, is certain to reach theirs. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z They were slain while little and witless, but they shall arise at the common doom in full growth, and with heavenly wisdom. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z Then none heard aught else, save the poor witless woman nodding her head and saying: “The soul would fain escape!” The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z You are a witless maid, says Vidyāpati: Why did you not return to the water? Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z But remember, thy life is not worth a week's purchase, neither is thy mistress' forsooth, shouldest thou be witless enough to refuse. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z Now it was back to basics: “found footage” of a couple scared witless in a haunted house. Happy Halloween: TIME's 25 Scariest Horror Movies 2011-10-31T21:35:13Z But he was a witless young man, “short, thin, and sallow, so inactive that he seldom spoke, and always looked as if he was about to fall asleep.” The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z Nele was still always miserable for the sake of herself and her witless mother. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z There is nothing in the witless leaflet worth quoting. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z It might hit the Doctor fair and square,—"the tactless, witless, provincial fool." The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z “Well-a-day, have done with thy witless talk and go on with thy tale,” cried the wife impatiently. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z He grew strange after a time, and at last witless. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z Were all these unrelated shadows and movements but part of a long and witless jest? The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z He who was as a flag flying from our tower would become a queer-shaped patch of eccentricity on the country-side, the full-mannered music of his being would become a witless piping in the bushes. The Return of the Soldier 2011-08-26T02:00:23.937Z Certes he would be a witless creature who would willingly adore either pictures or images of wood or stone. Of the Just Shaping of Letters 2011-08-18T02:00:25.350Z And nicknaming Plato Satho, in a witless and vulgar manner, he published a dialogue against him, to which he gave the same name as its title. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z I did not wait to investigate, but floundered back on deck again almost witless from fright. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z The two men were dressed in reddish English costume with caps of the same material buttoned down on the visor, and barred stockings, both very distinguished, both with witless faces. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z A muttered word this time and a squinting of the eyes that was not wholly witless. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z And, still, to add a spur to gall'd reflection, That very object, whom the time's necessity Mads you to part with, witless of the cause, Arraigns your conduct. The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old; a play in three acts 2011-06-26T02:00:10.547Z Venetia's new attitude, pleasant as had been all their association, was a development of disconcerting suddenness; or else he had been witless and blind beyond relief. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z But worst of all, it was impossible for the poor witless fellow to understand the gathering wrath of the Green Knight, and so, now and again throughout the day, he made attempts at friendly conversation. Top of the World Stories for Boys and Girls Translated from the Scandinavian Languages 2011-06-21T02:00:28.070Z Struggling to keep his temper, Bel caught his underlip between his teeth, while Lucinda cast witlessly about her for some way of escape. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z A more lamentable and witless travestie of operatic execution could hardly have been conceived of. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Thus much I know that, a poor witless elf, Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z While on the pretended stage she was constantly terrified by Wilbrow's mild but predominant regard, which rendered her only awkward, witless, and ill-at-ease. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z But it's witless to send them to the opposite sex if you're married or in a committed relationship. Anthony Weiner and High-Tech Infidelity: When Is Tweeting Cheating? 2011-06-07T16:30:36Z I suspect that “The Advice” was nothing but a parody on “The Instructions” by some very witless scribbler. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Especially when I see the inhumanities and outrages practiced upon children by witless parents, do I feel stirred to my soul's depths. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z The younger Scarsdale, who is a worthy gentleman compared with his witless brother, tried to stop me as I fled. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z For a time she fought against this impression, in a bewilderment that evoked from her only witless and hesitant responses. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Ask him what is it, witless, I have done That he should look so coldly upon me? An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics 2011-05-14T02:00:10.287Z This incident provoked some scoffs from the witless, and some grave comments from those who stood more in awe of the corpse of the saint than of the sinner. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The Græme fired dark with rage: "Who works for lesser men than himself, He earns but a witless wage!" Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z Then the vicious smiting of hoofs as the Captain, bearing his witless rider, swung in a short circle and made for the river. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z He opened his lips to speak, and thinking better of it, or else not thinking at all in his astonishment, gaped witlessly, wholly incapable of conceiving what had got into the girl. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z It's very difficult to say of any reasonable human being whether he is witless or wise, and how much more difficult is it to speak decidedly of an unreasoning animal. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. II (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:00:41.313Z The poet energetically describes his condition; there he sate “witless, thoughtful; and sightless, looking.” Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Then I saw that they came up to the body of the witless man and saw it, and stood over it some minutes talking earnestly, and then passed along on their way. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z But silence is the best answer to such witless and wilful assertions, uttered against the truth so many ways manifestly proved. The Condition of Catholics Under James I. 2011-03-09T03:00:42.087Z But I can put two and two together, yet; I'm not too old and witless to do that! The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z Just like an ox, the witless man grows old; His flesh grows, but his wits do not increase. 153-4. The Buddha's Path of Virtue A Translation of the Dhammapada 2011-02-07T03:00:21.273Z Certainly ever since we knew her Lydia's life had been one long sacrifice to a witless invalid, and I couldn't help feeling that perhaps no one would ever know the extent of her patient service. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z I am still struck today by the charmless ingenuity of its witless wordplay. 'This is America son' 2010-12-18T11:45:12Z So at least be fair in acknowledging what an NFC playoff berth would represent for a Bears team that was winless and witless during exhibitions. Playoffs still equal success for Bears 2010-12-14T00:50:00Z All the externals were absent — no action on the message board, no boom from the speaker system, no witless announcements, no blaring commercials. Sports of The Times: In the Dugout, Recalling Other Close Encounters 2010-10-12T21:09:00Z When seen through the lens of witless right-wing conspiracy mongering, this seems embarrassing. Getting the message on Journolist's controversial postings 2010-07-23T04:00:00Z Joining him in town was Stephen Curry, a symbol of the past Knicks decade, which was not only witless but also quite luckless. Analysis: N.B.A. Draft: Questions for the Knicks 2010-06-23T23:53:00Z And that might, in the future, be an awful lot of witless, wandering elderly. Alzheimer's disease: No end to dementia 2010-06-17T11:20:00Z The English can be a quixotic lot, and in an odd way such artless, witless, money-grubbing howlers went some way to restoring the gaiety of the nation, uniting people in delicious affront. Marina Hyde: A golden generation of self-regard 2010-05-26T23:06:00Z Suffice to say, better to be witness than witless. Opinion: Florida?s receiving corps looking dangerous 2010-04-11T17:00:00Z For the there was the "usual mix of faked anger, massaged statistics, creepy-crawly planted questions and general hubbub". describes the exchanges as "nasty, witless and mendacious" - everything voters hate about politicians. Election tax row leads newspapers 2010-04-08T04:54:00Z The average Twitter post about the health care issue was like the average comment on a political blog: witless, partisan and predictable. Learning To Love Twitter 2010-03-26T11:00:00Z Even when used as glorified typewriters, laptops can turn students into witless stenographers, typing a lecture verbatim without listening or understanding. Wide Web of diversions gets laptops evicted from lecture halls 2010-03-09T05:00:00Z How witless can you get? — edwcorey 1 2 3 4 Next » Add your comments... Complaint Box | Workout Miscreants 2010-02-19T15:37:00Z But I was civil to him for his age's sake, and also because of the witless man that was looking over his shoulder. Deep Moat Grange And to this wanton's perfidy to bind Him witless to her—with a charm perhaps— Or, past releasing, with a philtre? Yolanda of Cyprus Treacherously he accepts friendship; he feigns to be witless; and all the while this hell-fire is hidden out of sight. The Unknown Sea Oh, not I. Who was so witless as to call me wise? One-Act Plays By Modern Authors In a word; many did count me for a witless madman, while I held all for fools in their wits. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim But for her sisters she rejoiced openly, and was indeed, after her fashion, really grateful to the two young clergymen who had taken up the cause of the witless and the friendless. Deep Moat Grange Lionel had a roof above him, luxurious food, money in his pocket and a pretty hostess: he would be a churl who grumbled, a witless being who did not know when he was well off. The Gay Adventure A Romance Verily, a pearl of great price had been cast at his feet, and he had been too witless to pick it up. Rockhaven Nealman stared at me like a witless man, but I saw by his look that he was groping for an explanation. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery She found that this defensive warfare partly distracted her from the witless, interminable bickering within. The Book of Susan A Novel Brockway stood staring across at the empty spur in witless amazement, but he sprang back out of the way when the step of the car next to the regular sleeper brushed him in passing. A Romance in Transit So far as concerned Johnson Boller, Mary had been wafted out of this world; all aglow with witless happiness, he pointed at the door as he said: "That one, Beetie-chicken." In And Out The relatives of the passengers stood massed together, in witless and hopeless waiting, on the landing stage and what remained of the jetty. The Tremendous Event There are also witless men, who have eyes and ears, but, it seems, no tongues. The Unveiling of Lhasa In his estimation, all religions were so many devices invented by the wise for the more facile and effective despoilment of the witless. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 She felt quite crazy and witless for a few moments. Shadows of Flames A Novel To make you see how hopeless is the design you witless Arabs cherish of driving the wise French from the land. Harper's Round Table, October 22, 1895 Kilt them just accidental,—they was witless folk that never knowed enough to keep out of his way when he was out after Mohuns. Mothering on Perilous It was a ludicrous, a wanton, a witless thing. Where the Pavement Ends It was presented in the low depths of contemporary burlesque, which had degenerated from the graceful extravaganza of J. R. Planch� into witless and tasteless emptiness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" The Clerk of Netherfield said he was well known by repute for twenty years as a witless man that journeyed without rest to all the shrines of England. Rewards and Fairies Worse still, there frequents in the upper parts of these mountains a kind of witless or silly Mulgars, who are called Obobbomans, with very long noses. The Three Mulla-mulgars In the near distance, a haggard mob of natives cowered like gaping, witless caricatures of humanity, faces turned from the descending blaze of the parachute flare. Pet Farm "Why do you trifle with her?" said I, pitying the poor, witless creature; while Mistress Kata came forward and took hold of her arm. Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 From its wild tricks the colt was formerly used to designate, according to Johnson, “a witless, heady, gay youngster.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare “One old witless man cried out, ‘’Ware Red William’s arrow,’ when the young knights shot at our line. Rewards and Fairies Before he went to bed that night He witlessly blew out the light. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 Wah! they were like a flock of sheep, witless, huddling together, springing this way and that without any sense. Barclay of the Guides One of them darted witlessly right under the huge treads, and disappeared with a brief screech of crumpling metal. World of the Drone They have their stock subjects of sarcasm, too, handed down from father to son, poor, witless little blasphemies, thefts from Voltaire, who laughed at themselves, and much mischief do they work! The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Where they stood in his way he brushed them unceremoniously, hastily, aside, and he was followed by low threatening murmurs, witless laughter. The Bright Shawl The horror of the life gathered about him is no more grim than is the condition of his witless brain. In the Brooding Wild He was blue in the face and scared witless. The Wailing Octopus It is worse than treachery to be so witless. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) We will charitably hope, however, that some people employ the et cetera of ignorance and self- conceit unconsciously, in their witless ventilation of false statements and claims. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 Indeed, if it hadn’t been for the thoroughly absurd, the witless, things they constantly did, dispensing with their actual years he would have considered them the present aged. The Bright Shawl Ignorant and witless, you know not what you say. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages When this body moves, all the little barkings of scribbling and witless curs pass for nothing. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 Any way, it came to be used for a witless fellow, or Bedlamite. Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles His speech, though witless, ay, And senseless too, insults and threatens me.— The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature Her passion for bromidioms always stupefied Staff—left him dazed and witless. The Bandbox Then she was brought home, still witless, but able in a mechanical way from long habit to do the things she had always done. The Co-Citizens Because they were gentler and more delicate than the others, they were looked upon as poor, witless creatures, and all the hardest work was given them to do. Legends & Romances of Brittany Nash then forms a ludicrous contrast between “witless Gabriel and ruffling Richard.” Calamities and Quarrels of Authors A jester, King; a poor And witless fool. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature The hero views you with delight, To win your hand forever working; We pity him—the witless wight— To fall a victim to your smirking! Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 He who is illustrious, of noble birth, or has power or riches, feels bound to despise others as silly geese or witless ducks. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent He raised his head, the picture of witless agony. Occasion for Disaster Fortunately Brigitte looks such a simple, witless creature that the man on guard on the landing has not thought to pry while she has been with us, and has allowed the door to be shut. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire It had still scared me witless and left me paranoid and checking my shoulder for weeks. Little Brother I actually staggered, and would undoubtedly have fallen had it not been for a friendly sappling—you will sneer at witless I—that grew near me. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 I’m glad that witless woman did lose her ring, and I hope it’ll never be straightened out. Jessica, the Heiress Pausing, she bent upon the murmuring crew a look of blazing majesty; then concluded with a vibrant demand: "Now dost know why thy queen withheld thy senseless hands from witless destruction?" The Pirate Woman I realized it, and now, as I gazed into the peering faces of these men from Mars, I cursed my witless rashness which had brought Anita into this! Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 Capering creatures, who behaved witlessly, yet were far from witless. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 So that for the period of a long minute neither of them moved nor spoke; but remained each with a blank countenance reflecting a witless mind, hypnotised by the stupefaction of the other. Nobody She remembered some of the pariahs—hairless, witless creatures, with radiation welts crawling over their bodies like worms, who had come begging for succor during the last months of the Terror—and been shot down. The Moon is Green Have you––or are you just naturally witless? Once to Every Man The obvious retort of the witless was surging through his veins and driving him. The Twins of Suffering Creek I could beat you with pleasure for acting so witlessly, but that, alas! would not pay for what you have lost for me this day. Funny Big Socks Being the Fifth Book of the Series He saw himself as he had seen other witless, slavering spectacles that had once been human, and a nausea of fear crushed big sweat out of his wincing skin. In a Little Town I, who had been so witless to let this come upon us! Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 And yet her brain clamored that there was more behind it all than mere witless repetition. Once to Every Man Then at the dying of the day the feast she dights again, And, witless, once again will hear the tale of Ilium's pain; And once more hangeth on the lips that tell the tale aloud. The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse I would be witless could I not figure this! Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 But beyond the sick, clammy face of his son he saw the face of his wife, an old face, a mother's face, witless with bewilderment. In a Little Town Greater God Is none than Thor, whom, witless, thus ye flout. Legends of the Saxon Saints Thus to-night: To the old nurse it had seemed wise that the witless one should go to her bed, instead of into that gay scene at the barn. Dorothy's House Party They entered into conversation with him, and found his witless speech most entertaining. Robin Hood Her prying art, as witless of the truth, To baffle, from the earth he feigns her sprung; And straight Saturnia begs the beauteous gift. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II From the brilliant street, from the gay crowds rolling on in search of witless farce-comedy and trite melodrama, the brooding idealist climbed one night to the gallery to overlook a gloomy, empty auditorium. The Light of the Star A Novel Hand in hand with him Shall stand the blind God, H�dur, now not blind, That, witless, slew him with the mistletoe, Yet loved him well. Legends of the Saxon Saints Careless or witless molders, by laying candles still soft upon the pile, often made themselves double work. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South But when he broke that silence it was to speak to the captain and to say some silly, pointless thing about that refuge of the witless—the weather. Cleek, the Master Detective His witless friends, The savage pack with joyous outcries urge; Actæon anxious seeking: echoing loud Eager his name as absent. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II Would he take a wander-thought to his bed, and have witless children? The Arrow-Maker A Drama in Three Acts With lightning speed Their swords leaped forth; contemptuous next they cried, 'For once we spare to sweep a witless head From worthless shoulders. Legends of the Saxon Saints Search out for him a Persian wife, no, three or four wives—although I have heard the custom of these witless Greeks is to be content with only one. A Victor of Salamis But in any event, they put the witless idea into execution. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China So have I seen two mighty bulls contend, “When each the fairest heifer of the grove “Expects the arduous struggle to reward: “The herds behold and tremble, witless which “The powerful contest shall successful gain. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II Wedded to will is witless, And seldom he is skilful That bears the name of wise and yet is wilful. Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age The whole affair is a noisy paroxysm of nonsense, unreasonable excitement, witless mischief, and waste of strength—signifying nothing. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature Then, seeing her panic-stricken women flying hither and thither like witless birds, her patrician blood asserted itself. A Victor of Salamis Sobbing, frightened almost witless, he had been floundering forward for over an hour, and had made circle after circle without knowing, when, by chance, he set foot in a perfectly plain trail. The Flaming Jewel To thee, Thy sister, witless how his fate was doom'd, Her son committed for instructing art, When twice six annual suns the youth had seen; His docile mind best fitted then to learn. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II I had thought the man a fool and witless, flighty in purpose and shallow in thought, and yet he seemed to speak of great mysteries—and of death. The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea Five minutes' reign of terror after that mistake brought the poor maid to a witless state that left her almost helpless. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation They are largely attempts to explain and to moralize upon Yorick’s emotions,—a verbose, childish, witless commentary. Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century She approached, still staring half witlessly as if she saw an apparition. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] “He witless of her meaning, prais'd her words, “And said,—be such thy pious duty still— “The sound of piety the virgin's eyes, “With sense of guilt, cast conscious to the ground. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II Without looking, we know the voice of each of our neighbors behind or in front, even so far as the witless stutterer some squads ahead, or the flat-voiced constant querist somewhere behind. At Plattsburg He counts her loving, if you will; but alway foolish, frothy, witless. Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall It is too often the practice to spell out everything in words of one syllable so that the more witless files in the organization will be able to understand it. The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 Such witless birds At me stretch out their necks, and gobble! A Hundred Fables of La Fontaine Agnes’s little face looked so pale as it peeped out from under the covers, Philippina cowered so witlessly at the floor. The Goose Man But remember, thy life is not worth a week's purchase, neither is thy mistress's, forsooth, shouldest thou be witless enough to refuse. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 In fact, three witless germs traveling in a cabin in an iron filing wasn't a bad description of us at all. The Night of the Long Knives And when a man tasks his wits successfully, if it be only to mislead the witless, he has a sense of satisfaction in the effort akin to that of the rhetorician and the quack. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Half-blind with tears and rendered witless by despair, Iskender had walked half the distance to his mother's house before he realised that he had no desire to go there. The Valley of the Kings Now he was eyeing her like a witless thing, his features drawn, his eyes burning. The Snowshoe Trail The young hotspur was cut to the quick, and, forgetting Corsican ways, made the witless blunder of challenging Peraldi to a duel, an institution scorned by the Corsican devotees of the vendetta. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) And thou, witless man," returned the voice, "is it while seated on a throne of gold that thou expectest to find the Most High? Mystics and Saints of Islam But when he endeavored to call the weapons of his office to his aid, her glance and the shadow of that smile left him witless. Under the Rose It may have been this very feeling which has made him what he now is—a witless idiot, resigned to his fate. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco As may be supposed, old Martin Goul and his poor witless wife were in a sad taking when they found that their son had been carried off by a pressgang. Won from the Waves The wife of the “odious person” was witless and fatuously conceited. Chance A Tale in Two Parts I am younger even than you, methinks, and far more witless. The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time One witless woman seeing there How tired, how contemptuous He is of all the smell and fuss Asks him, "Poor fellow, are you sick?" Songs for a Little House But Gaspar urges the danger of delay; above all, being burdened with a man not only witless, but now in all likelihood disabled by a wound which would make the transporting him an absolute impossibility. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco Some said she had cast herself into the sea and was drowned; but others, I mind, declared they had seen her after that as wild and witless as ever. Won from the Waves My holy sir, none better knows than you How I have ever loved the life removed, And held in idle price to haunt assemblies 10 Where youth, and cost, and witless bravery keeps. Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] He ceased, and she by misery made wild And witless, shook, and like a little child Gazed piteous, and asked, "What must I do?" Helen Redeemed and Other Poems A witless one am I, and the folly of my desire has been my undoing. A Book of Myths As the poet Pope wrote about the witless author: "You beat your pate, and fancy wit will come; Knock as you please, there's nobody at home." A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Ah, witless souls of soothsayers! how may vows or shrines help her madness? all the while the subtle flame consumes her inly, and deep in her breast the wound is silent and alive. The Aeneid of Virgil There was a witless vanity about my friend that sat on him almost like a virtue. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Now women shriek to the Gods, And men run witlessly, and in and out The Greeks press, burning, slaying, and the rout Screameth to Heaven. Helen Redeemed and Other Poems Another roseate dream of childhood had been ruthlessly shattered, and he hated himself for having witlessly engendered it in her mind, since it could only be born to die unrealized. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands They are now mere shadows of men, with puny bodies and witless minds, living in brush or wooden hovels and eating nothing but a little wild fruit and fish. Plotting in Pirate Seas Look straitly at these arguments and see How witless and how fondly slight they be. Songs Of The Road "But do not give your witless vanity a foolish airing before my chaplain." John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn The laddies, the dog, and the witless sheep, Are bound to come home, for the snow will be deep. Ionica Impatience came to his voice; in truth, I must have been staring at him witless. Tarrano the Conqueror She began to be witless again, to wring her hands, to whimper and whine. Little Novels of Italy In folly's court The laugh was hushed, and the half-uttered jest Fell witless into air, and burning thought Cooled, as it flowed, unmoulded into speech. The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy I see your math, and if I believed half of it I'd be scared witless. The Galaxy Primes The Hillmen bounded upright at the first terrific crash and stood transfixed, witless, superstitious fear written upon every brown face. Terry A Tale of the Hill People I was hardly so witless as not to realize the truth of his admonition. Tarrano the Conqueror Donna Matura saw her gold-haired mistress white and drawn, saw her witless shaking, saw her tear and rend herself, heard her jerked words of loathing, blasphemy, and obscene defiance—and fairly fled the house. Little Novels of Italy George and Nettie, relieved, thought he ambled to the Park and spent senile hours with his drooling old friends discussing nothing amiably and witlessly. Gigolo The Galilean is not witless, but hath both wit and wisdom and speaketh with authority. The Coming of the King She died a year after; but all that while she went witless, always smiling and seeming to look for something. Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories One you know, and it reeks in my memory with stale cigars, witless talk, and all the other monotonous symbols of Bohemia. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques He had never before, of a truth, been so nearly witless, and would have to have gone mad in short to become so singularly simple. The Tragic Muse By the way," the cashier ended carelessly, as witless messengers of fate alone can say such things, "you'd better leave me the key of that old chest we carry in special account for the Bowdoins. Pirate Gold But Chance, being witless, discriminates without trouble; and because she is blind, her arbitraments offend nobody's sensibility. The Blue Pavilions Son Duryodhan, ever luckless, godless, graceless, witless child, Hast thou Drupad's virtuous daughter thus insulted and reviled, Hast thou courted death and danger, for destruction clouds our path? Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse The exhorter, he reflected, having picked up the trail and opened the cry—trail which the headlong twins had so witlessly overrun—these older dogs were on it hot; trail of the Gilmores and "Harriet." Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi He who frowns or looks awry, sir, Faith, a witless wight is he! The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) Wass had come out of the valley a witless, dazed creature, still under the mental influence of whoever, or whatever, had set that trap. Star Hunter I realized it, and now, as I gazed into the peering faces of these men from Mars, I cursed myself for the witless rashness which had brought Anita into this! Brigands of the Moon I have heard thy honoured mandate, holy Narad counsels well, Pardon witless maiden's feelings! but beneath the eye of Heaven, Only once a maiden chooseth, twice her troth may not be given! Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse "And so we yearn, and so we sigh, And reach for more than we can see; And, witless of our folded wings, Walk Paradise, unconsciously." Faith Gartney's Girlhood Such a ninny, a fool is he; witless even as any Two years' urchin, across papa's elbow drowsily swaying. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus There was a wailing cry from the north, a howl of witless fear. Voodoo Planet I, who had been so witless as to let this come upon us! Brigands of the Moon Words tumbling from her lips in a witless jumble. Krindlesyke It was the face of a man almost witless. Letters from France For the moon wandered witless of her way, Spell-stricken by strong magic in such wise As wizards use to set the stars astray. Songs of the Springtides and Birthday Ode Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol. III “I suppose he palmed it and hugged himself into a ball, as though he was scared witless, when they put him in the bag.” Little Fuzzy "It is beautiful," I replied, and then we were both lost in silent appreciation of the scene before us, when suddenly we were startled witless. Soldier Silhouettes on our Front Probably the witless beau did not see the delicate satire implied in his speech. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 It was empty save for him and that witless body. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories "Say rather," said Hircan, "what a foolish and witless mother to be led by hypocrisy into allowing so much familiarity to those who ought never to be seen except in church." The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. IV. (of V.) Now, this witless speech was no better than a whip to flog him on. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady All witless as he is, he shall have a perfect mind and a perfect body in the bright hereafter. The Days of Mohammed He is bound to be a failure—bound to hope too much, be blind with faith, and give, out of charity, with the witless hand that knows not where to bestow. Sally Bishop A Romance All the stars you sight, you witless wight, You'll see when you and Venus light! Skyrider For in battle perished Gamuret: From like untimely hero's death To save her offspring, strange to arms She reared him a witless fool in deserts.’ Stories of the Wagner Opera I had spoken with as little thought as a dog barks, and quite as witlessly. Montlivet Those stupid women! if they were not so witless they could rise to any height. Mike Fletcher A Novel Since the blow received at the hands of Beth had not sufficed to make him utterly witless, then nothing drinkable could overcome his reason. The Furnace of Gold All the stars you sight, you witless wight, You'll see when you and Venus light! Skyrider An Englishman, in the witless way in which Saxons do address Irishmen, asked a labourer by the wayside:— 'If the devil came by, do you think he would take me or you?' The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent I was so pleased at the mimicry, that I gave way to witless laughter. Montlivet On Alec Trenholme the effect of these words, more unexpected than any other words could have been, was first and chiefly to convince him that he was dealing with a witless person. What Necessity Knows This reverend prelate, whom he had deemed so wise, was well-nigh witless. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century She rather fancied that term "witless wight" as applied to Johnny Jewel. Skyrider They went on with their work, sharply or bluntly, like witless mowers, without stopping to whet their scythes. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Quickly to his cradle came glorious Hermes and wrapped the swaddling bands about his shoulders, like a witless babe, playing with the wrapper about his knees. The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological You see, he was not altogether witless, if he was a—Fessenden's. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 He was conscious that he touched it with numb and witless fingers, mechanically pushing it upon the red diamond. The Day of Days An Extravaganza To speak my Thoughts, I hardly know What witless Art, or artless Wit can do. 'Of Genius', in The Occasional Paper, and Preface to The Creation Outside the door she heard the gay, witless chatter of the maids and the valets. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. If he laid his own suspicions boldly before the girl, and in the end the boy came clean, he would always be haunted by the witless cruelty of the act. The Ragged Edge The goddess had descended to me and here was I a witless fool. Children of the Market Place A trifle dashed, P. Sybarite raked the street with final reluctant glances; then in a spirit of witless and unquestioning docility returned. The Day of Days An Extravaganza On the contrary, the termination less added to substantives, makes adjectives signifying want; as, worthless, witless, heartless, joyless, careless, helpless. A Grammar of the English Tongue And I felt foolish, as though I might do something lunatic, like giving a witless shout, or running amok with a table-knife. Tell England A Study in a Generation Bull yielded not a moment for those witless minds to recover from their shock. The Man in the Twilight The Norns' decree thou wilt hold in contempt as from a witless wight: In water thou shalt be drowned, if in wind thou rowest. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson Do you think I was so witless as to let my manoeuvres be seen? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 He began to fancy that his companion was a simple witless person who had escaped from his keepers. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall The words, Sir, with a Machiavellian twist, Tickle the ears of those smart word-fence blinds, And garbled catch-words win unwary minds, And, maybe, witless votes. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 12, 1892 Ah, witless! it was to solve this very riddle that rode by my side now, to answer the question of the Sphinx. The Way of a Man I knew that old Kate was not the irresponsible, witless creature that people thought her to be. The Light in the Clearing My own would break— Mrs. F. Why, what a blind and witless fool it is, That will not see its gains, its infinite gains— Kath. The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 He is as stupid and indifferent as the skunk; his broad, blunt nose points a witless head. In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs Or is the whole thing just witless, accidentally cruel perhaps, but not malignant? Mr. Britling Sees It Through A few of our men, half witless with their terror, crossed his path. The Way of a Man You talk like the witless creature that you are. Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories And may the gods at least preserve unto us his son, Telemachus, who lately departed on a witless errand, led thereto, as I think, by some malign deity who hates the house of Odysseus. Stories from the Odyssey The rest did likewise; and soon, with eyes enchanted, all reclined: gazing at each other, witless of what we did. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II But if the whole thing is cruel, perhaps also it is witless and will-less? Mr. Britling Sees It Through From a witless puppy I brought thee up: gave thee fire and food, and taught thee the self-respect of an honest dog. Mince Pie "Should I have urged your rescue on the King had I believed you what you will have it that I did,—a mere witless girl to be pampered with follies?" Clementina Well, unless every man on board is clean witless they must deem us both harmless. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex The table, fronting you with icy stare, Strove to look witless that its legs were bare, While the black sofa with its horse-hair pall Gloomed like a bier for Comfort's funeral. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell In all this pitiful storm of witless hate—surely there may be one greeting—not hateful. Mr. Britling Sees It Through Then the Spaniard's eyes Blazed—then he stormed at me in his own tongue, And all his Spanish arrogance and pride Broke witless on my wrathful English. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. Fools cannot fancy they fathom its meaning; witless dillettanti cannot degrade it by hackneyed usage; none but genius can create or reproduce it. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I Who but thou, that hast suffered jealousy to blind thee, would have been so witless as not to read such a riddle? The Decameron, Volume II I laugh—who would not—that such a witless baby should talk of his sin. Hillsboro People Why should we be puppets any longer in the hands of crowned fools and witless diplomatists? Mr. Britling Sees It Through Man has been thought superior to the swarm Of ruminating cows, of witless foals Who, crouching when the voice of thunder rolls, Are banqueted upon a thunderstorm. The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala Who, indeed, could possibly convert the "witless devices" of the men of Gotham into vehicles of moral instruction? The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies Ye discern not, witless creatures that ye are, how much of evil this little shew of bravery serves to hide. The Decameron, Volume II The man and the greyhound are the same witless breed, the kind that achieve a result by their clean-limbed elegance alone. The Art of the Moving Picture Let envy hide Her witless forehead at a prince's name, And fix her hopes upon a clown's content. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Francesca da Rimini "Only the witless carls and cottar folk are so simple as to believe that she has aught of evil in her words." The Thirsty Sword "The witless, silly expression that came into that big man's face is only seen once in a lifetime," said Sargent in conclusion. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings "Art thou witless," said Angle, "that thou seest not that thy foes are come upon thee, and will slay you all?" The Story of Grettir the Strong Who but a witless gambler plays For farthing stakes these golden days? Twenty From the witless, nameless unit of a whaler's crew he had at last arisen to a fresh identity. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts If they really are brutish, witless, dull, and devoid of capacity for progress, where lies the danger which is constantly insisted upon of offering them that of which they are incapable. Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839 I walked up and down the Common, in sight of her door, for hours, thinking what a witless fool I was, to contemplate presenting my penniless self—with hope—before the millionnaire's daughter! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 Not for myself—not for my sake," at last faintly murmured the trembling woman; "but for that of my poor dear infant—my poor witless boy! The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney All their hope is to acquire Worship goods and worldly weal; When they have their mind's desire, Then such witless Joy they feel, That in folly they believe Those True Joys they then receive. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 He was a poor, witless thing, she knew; but he was as good a man as ever breathed, and stood as good a chance of being saved as the wisest church-member that ever lived! The Morgesons We might then shut up our Marlowes and our Beaumonts and resume our reading of the bard, and the witless foists would confer happiness on many, and crown themselves with truly immortal bays. Confessions of a Young Man Well, sir, I was jarred witless when I laid my eyes on that young woman. Red Saunders His Adventures West & East The hungry wailings of her witless child towards evening at length aroused her from the stupor of despair into which she had fallen. The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney The visions of youth, the ecstasies of the witless, the crooning dreams of old age—how they softened the relentless glare of things as they were! The Blood Red Dawn It was greater than the tragedy of her poor, witless son, the hatred of old Mrs. Brenner, and her ever-present fear of Mart. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 All these extravagances he cursed out, too witless to see that this same hero of his was the one human being, himself barely excepted, for whose life his sister cared. Kincaid's Battery This worthy man conducted his business as he dressed himself, sloppily; a dear kind soul, quite witless and quite h-less. Confessions of a Young Man The room was lined with bookshelves, and conspicuous therein were a long row of foolish pretentious volumes, the "works" of Lagune—the witless, meandering imitation of philosophy that occupied his life. Love and Mr. Lewisham The old man stared at them witlessly, then turned and lighted them upon their way. Madcap But fire is witless; a little stream, a changing breeze can stop it. An Englishman Looks at the World It happened to be Midsummer-day, when a great fair was held at Chester, the humours of which, it should seem, the worthy constable, witless of his lord's peril, was then enjoying. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 405, December 19, 1829 We might then shut up our Marlowes and our Beaumonts and resume our reading of the bard, and these witless beings would confer happiness on many, and crown themselves with truly immortal bays. Confessions of a Young Man These are the starved unlettered hinds, forsooth,He hunted down like vermin—for a doctrine.They have their rights, their wrongs; their lawless laws,Their witless arguings, which unconscious reasonInforms to just conclusions. The Saint's Tragedy All could not avail," says Mr. Law, himself a presbyterian minister, "with McCargill, Kidd, Douglas, and other witless men amongst them, to hearken to any proposals of peace. Famous Reviews O woe betide that evil day On which this witless wight was born, Who drew the sword, the garter cut. Northumberland Yesterday and To-day The Indians are prolix, and attach value to many minutiae in the relation which not only does not help forward the denouement, but is tedious and witless to the last degree. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers When he went back to his book again his sense of power had lost its asperity, and the spectacle of life seemed less like a witless dangling of limp dolls. The Custom of the Country It is worse than treachery to be so witless. The Black Arrow Still It is the man who knoweth that excels The witless man alike in toils and counsels. The Fall of Troy One old witless man cried out, ''Ware Red William's arrow,' when the young knights shot at our line. Rewards and Fairies Surely, if we have learned nothing else, this war has taught us pity--pity for those witless souls that suffer our dominion. The War of the Worlds The man Lazarus is witless, he writes, of the relative value of all things. An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry It weltered round with a woozy sound, and ere I could retreat, With the witless roll of a sodden soul it wantoned to my feet. Ballads of a Cheechako "But do let her go, Jacky," coaxed his poor witless wife. Tess of the d'Urbervilles "It may be considered a witless thing to marry a girl who would marry for money—but never mind that—I'm used to taking chances." The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation The Prussian took no pains to dissemble his scorn of this question, seemingly so witless. The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf The witless wight raised his left hand to hew the wood, but struck his right-hand thumb instead. The Book of Delight and Other Papers Hence the fever'd heart Pants with delirious hope for tinsel charms; Hence oft obtrusive on the eye of scorn, Untimely zeal her witless pride betrays! Poetical Works of Akenside More conscious of that terrifying, motionless presence beneath him, than able to distinguish it by power of vision, he endured interminable minutes of trembling horror, in a witless daze, before he thought of his match-box. The Black Bag The confession smote me witless: I could only gape. The Fortune Hunter Floretty sighed, and with the turkey-wing Brushed off the stove-hearth softly, and peered in The kettle of molasses, with her thin Voice wandering into song unconsciously— In purest, if most witless, sympathy.— A Child-World |
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