smarty-pants
Example Sentences
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Rolling off the bed in a silicon sleep cocoon, Grace gradually evolves from a wriggling larval stage into a fully upright, walking and talking smarty-pants.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
People always enjoy a critical savaging, and there’s satisfaction in seeing a smarty-pants taken down a peg.
From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2019
Cole, a world-class smarty-pants, and Pike, an implacable and scary ex-Marine, make a terrific pair.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 31, 2019
Green’s characters are sweet, hyperverbal smarty-pants; they memorize poetry and say things like “I just want to do something that matters. Or be something that matters. I just want to matter.”
From The New Yorker • Nov. 30, 2018
When he saw me laughing at him, he was like, “Okay, smarty-pants, if you can do it better then show me.”
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
