kibitzer

Example Sentences

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Then Howard Garfinkel, the chain-smoking kibitzer who founded High School Basketball Illustrated in 1964, gave him a part-time scouting gig, teaching him the business over meals at the Carnegie Deli.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2021

“I found him to be a kibitzer, who liked to joke around with the guys, but had no serious interest in pursuing ideas and arguments,” Pinker said.

From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2019

He’s also a grade-A kibitzer, a gregarious character, whose chatty and self-effacing wit bespeaks his Queens upbringing and Eastern European-Jewish heritage.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2016

This means a president, like a candidate, must be highly skeptical of the kibitzer.

From Slate • Sep. 27, 2012

My kibitzer came stalking out of the building, gangling and gawky.

From Card Trick by Berryman, John