wiseacre

Example Sentences

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“Hey,” said one wiseacre, stepping into a gaggle of car people on the patio at the Mission Ranch.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2023

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

Chief among them in "Teenage Dick": a dastardly antagonist who has cerebral palsy and a wiseacre sidekick in a wheelchair.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2021

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

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

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli