wise-ass

Example Sentences

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But initially, I was trying to fit in, to make myself some kind of snarky wise-ass.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2019

That Cusack’s wise-ass cynic will get rattled and unravel is a given.

From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2019

This must have been where the exile story started: Buckner chased west by one wise-ass too many.

From The New Yorker • May 28, 2019

As the music strikes up, and the book’s characters are introduced in comic buffo style, you wonder if you’re in for a meal of wise-ass lit-lampoonery.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2013

Lee even briefly reprises the role of Mookie, Do the Right Thing’s wise-ass pizza deliveryman—though anyone hoping, like me, for an update on Mookie’s life over the past two decades will be left hanging.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2012