jack-of-all-trades
Example Sentences
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He could start by cutting the animated sequence in which Mary, her young charges and Bert, a local jack-of-all-trades, jump into one of Bert’s sidewalk chalk paintings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
Stern described his longtime friend as tremendously talented, a MacGyver and a jack-of-all-trades.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2023
They join a lineup featuring jack-of-all-trades Dominic Fike, pop-punk darling WILLOW, alternative/indie rock artist Alex G., post-rock band Explosions in the Sky and Yaeji, who blends hip-hop, house and more in English and Korean lyrics.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2023
Behind phosphate’s spectacular, jack-of-all-trades utility is a negative charge that prevents unwanted leakage.
From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2022
He was a jack-of-all-trades, breaking the sturdy little cow ponies, treating their injuries and illnesses, trimming their hooves, and bending over an anvil to forge their shoes.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
