wiseacre

Example Sentences

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Insouciance goes a fairly long way in “Confess, Fletch,” which revives the wiseacre investigator once played by Chevy Chase and featured in a series of novels by Gregory Mcdonald.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2022

He proved so skillful at blending “the apparently antagonistic roles of wiseacre and smart alec,” as he put it, that he was soon invited to appear on television himself.

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2019

Some wiseacre in Millbury, Mass., celebrated the Patriots’ Super Bowl triumph over the Rams by replacing the sign for Goff Street with a Brady Street version.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2019

Aaron Sorkin has his screwball David Mamet patter, Joss Whedon his wiseacre teams of lovable rapscallions, Diablo Cody her antic cleverness disguising roiling anguish, and so on.

From Slate • Jun. 29, 2018

He was acting so different, all glum, and wiseacre answers.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli