wiseacre

Example Sentences

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That’s the thing about elections: they help keep wiseacres like me honest.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2025

While “my statue was the butt of wiseacres and witlings, I never in word, or thought, swerved from my principle,” he wrote.

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2023

Is there any authentic feeling in Miller’s Crossing, or is it just a couple of wiseacres trying on period garb for size?

From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2020

Regardless of how they choose to do so, most people who contact Congress have legitimate concerns—but, as any staffer can tell you, there is a small but enduring subgroup of wiseacres and crackpots.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 26, 2017

So while Fulton was waiting to give the signal to start, these wiseacres were getting ready to jest at his failure.

From American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History by Gordy, Wilbur Fisk