wiseacre

Example Sentences

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You just know some wiseacre will be screaming “Get out of the hole!” the next time he putts.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2022

Here is where a wiseacre would note that it makes sense for Winston to play for the Saints — who also play in the N.F.C.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2020

Eddie Korbich is a jaunty partner for McKechnie as Hines, who’s getting coached by Mabel to trust his gal, Gladys, and he has a classic wiseacre style that introduces the whole show perfectly.

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2017

Salinger from young wiseacre to world-celebrated author and notorious recluse is absorbingly traced in Danny Strong’s “Rebel in the Rye.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2017

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

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli