How to Use to wit in a Sentence

to wit

adverb

• Hikers, to wit, generate a surprising amount of waste for people who spend so much time in the woods.
  — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 19 July 2021
• Others are running away from a problematic past (to wit: Sexmoan in the Philippines).
  — Ken Jennings, CNT, 9 Oct. 2017
• That means some of the most visible dissenters from the Trump coronavirus policy are themselves in charge of managing the pressures of the current surge, to wit: Govs.
  — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2020
• This also makes clear another perilous element to this sudden diplomatic coup—to wit: nobody knows anything, as the Voice of America points out.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 9 Mar. 2018
• The judge notes that the Times ruling occurred in unique historical circumstances—to wit, the struggle for civil rights when Southern politicians used defamation law to stifle reporting on and criticism of Jim Crow.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2021
• They are charged with delinquent to wit: unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, carrying a loaded firearm, and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling.
  — Charlie McKenna, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2021
• The pandemic has laid bare just how truly ableist society’s machinations are; to wit, did no one in Washington DC foresee disabled people needing accommodation when developing Covid tests?
  — Steven Aquino, Forbes, 24 June 2022
• The boy will be arraigned in Dorchester District Court on charges of delinquent to wit, trespassing, unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, and unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm.
  — Elise Takahama, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• This region is linked to wit, adaptability, and social skills, revealing an individual's strategic mind and resourcefulness.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 3 Jan. 2020
• The most persuasive economic argument is for voters to look under the covers, to wit, low/full unemployment is good, but many households require two incomes to survive, many persons are underemployed (working below their capacity) and underpaid.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2019
• Article 2: Violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the duties of his office by disregarding U.S. interests and pursuing the interests of a hostile foreign power, to wit, Russia.
  — Phillip Carter, Slate Magazine, 16 May 2017

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