Examples of whatsit in a Sentence
there's always one random whatsit left over every time I put a bookcase together
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Now, the Entity intends to annihilate humanity in four days unless it can be taken offline by a key that accesses a gizmo in the Arctic Sea that connects to a whatsit that Ving Rhames’s weary Luther is attempting to invent from a makeshift hospital bed somewhere in the subway tunnels of London.
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
In this intricately improvised whatsit, Indonesian immigrants Asri and Hasan convene every day at twilight hour, in the heart of Taiwan’s oldest city, to share the day’s news and experiences, spinning second-hand tales of migrant struggle into rhapsodically spontaneous verse.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
Back then, the song was a fast, visionary whatsit, all pulsing, pipe-like synths and simple, buzzing one-bit melodies.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2024
The villain this time around isn’t a person but an all-powerful artificial-intelligence whatsit known as the Entity, which fools a super-advanced Russian submarine into destroying itself in the film’s clever pre-credits sequence.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 July 2023
Disaster strikes when Loretta is kidnaped by eccentric zillionaire Abigail Fairfax (Daniel Radcliffe) who hopes to use her anthropological knowhow to recover an ancient whatsit from a remote jungle island.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Mar. 2022
That’s nothing if not a unique premise, but writer-director Cesar Cabral’s animated whatsit proves more compelling as a concept than as an actual movie.
—Michael Nordine, Variety, 24 Jan. 2022
Equal parts art-house whatsit and car-fetish classic, the film works so well thanks to director Sarafian’s ability to shoot a chase, as well as his feel for the landscape.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 July 2021
The numbers of whosits and the intensity of the whatsits really does depend on who is running.
—Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 24 Aug. 2018
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
In this intricately improvised whatsit, Indonesian immigrants Asri and Hasan convene every day at twilight hour, in the heart of Taiwan’s oldest city, to share the day’s news and experiences, spinning second-hand tales of migrant struggle into rhapsodically spontaneous verse.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
Back then, the song was a fast, visionary whatsit, all pulsing, pipe-like synths and simple, buzzing one-bit melodies.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2024
The villain this time around isn’t a person but an all-powerful artificial-intelligence whatsit known as the Entity, which fools a super-advanced Russian submarine into destroying itself in the film’s clever pre-credits sequence.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 July 2023
Disaster strikes when Loretta is kidnaped by eccentric zillionaire Abigail Fairfax (Daniel Radcliffe) who hopes to use her anthropological knowhow to recover an ancient whatsit from a remote jungle island.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Mar. 2022
That’s nothing if not a unique premise, but writer-director Cesar Cabral’s animated whatsit proves more compelling as a concept than as an actual movie.
—Michael Nordine, Variety, 24 Jan. 2022
Equal parts art-house whatsit and car-fetish classic, the film works so well thanks to director Sarafian’s ability to shoot a chase, as well as his feel for the landscape.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 July 2021
The numbers of whosits and the intensity of the whatsits really does depend on who is running.
—Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 24 Aug. 2018
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“Whatsit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whatsit. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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