wisecrack

A wisecrack about the real estate prices popped into my head, but I held my tongue.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026

It’s tempting to recycle an old wisecrack and call “One Shot With Ed Sheeran” the kind of Ed Sheeran thing you’ll like if you like this kind of Ed Sheeran thing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

In 2019, Barack Obama said: "I've always appreciated her steadiness, her perspective, and the way a wisecrack from her reverberates around the room."

From BBC ● May 31, 2024

Harper and Castellanos seemed to send a message about the wisecrack when they arrived at the ballpark wearing gear inspired by Colorado coach Deion Sanders.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2023

But Violet was nothing but persistent and no wisecrack or ugly look stopped her.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

During his $45 two-hour tours that embark from a dock at Schooner Landing, Holmes offers a steady patter of oyster-related wisecracks, as his partner, Olga Oros, shucks and hands out shellfish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

But the superstar isn’t convinced until the very last moment, when she and Ava are about to take their final train ride and can’t resist trading a few wisecracks about death.

From Salon ● May 29, 2026

In an era when Islamophobia remains a pervasive set-up, he’s learned that elevating wisecracks over resentment is his preferred, and often only, path forward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024

"Parker offers immaculate room service as she delivers polished rounds of rueful wisecracks."

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2024

He began making wisecracks in a lockjaw accent about how I was going to become one of those fur-wearing, pinkie-extending, nose-in-the-air New Yorkers.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

After asking Warsh to stand, Trump wisecracked that he would sue him if he failed to lower rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026

He added that he was “grateful to my doctors for their care and to Evie and the kids for putting up with me” and wisecracked that all his emails would “be handled by my pancreas.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2023

The bond also involved friendly rivalry and humor: “I never knew I’d be married to somebody that old,” he wisecracked when Rosalynn was 91.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2023

“I would trade it in a minute, if I could just be a wife and mother,” wisecracked the gold lamé-wrapped, gum-chewing Tenuta, who accepted her award from Carlin.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2022

“Wow—you really have a way with girls,” Jonah wisecracked.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Mr. Chandler certainly gets it, making Hal a wisecracking, long-suffering delinquent who’s as charming as he is insubordinate—not an original type, perhaps, but the actor makes his character the magnetic force of the whole series.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Perry famously portrayed the wisecracking Chandler Bing in the hit sitcom, which aired on NBC from 1994 to 2004.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

The bill opened with an onstage, truncated ballet class, with Erán Fink at the piano, conducted by Tomas Karlborg, the group’s wisecracking ballet master.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

Dobson's wisecracking style of magic saw him rise to prominence through the 1980s.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025

“Not yet. Roho didn’t start out as a monster, no. I’d bet he was once a wisecracking, reckless kid. Only difference is, no one stopped him ahead of time.”

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas