Example Sentences

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He doesn’t talk much; he prefers the dits and dahs to communicate.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2022

The copy gets beaten out on the portable typewriter, gets trimmed by the censor with his little looseleaf notebook of directives, gets whisked to the cable office, flicks undersea in dits and dots.

From Time Magazine Archive

I’ve had a dreary, worrying time here, and am tired of hearing of all the meannesses and wickedness which constitute the on dits here. 

From Letters from Egypt by Ross, Janet

These on dits are, fortunately for my plans, only known among my coterie.

From The Mother's Recompense, Volume 1 A Sequel to Home Influence by Aguilar, Grace

As we got into our saddles the humming-birds were whirring round the tree-tops; the Qu’est-ce qu’il dits inquiring the subject of our talk. 

From At Last by Kingsley, Charles