smart-aleck

Example Sentences

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I’m a kid that grew up in Hollywood, and I went to Baghdad wearing a Metallica shirt and I was a total smart aleck.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

Some sued, some sent smart aleck responses and some refused to answer the email.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2025

I was never a troublemaker, but I was always a smart aleck.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2018

Since then, the driver says, “every smart aleck who thinks he can tell a joke has been circling Burbank like a vulture.”

From New York Times • May 24, 2017

It wasn’t the observation of a smart aleck but that of a truth-lover or a statistics-lover.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger