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

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

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2022

Both stars were good as glamour pusses in the pokey — Zellweger alternately doelike and catty in a wavy blond bob, Zeta-Jones a flinty wiseacre with hair like a steely black helmet.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2017

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

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli