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
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
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