wise-ass
Example Sentences
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But initially, I was trying to fit in, to make myself some kind of snarky wise-ass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2019
That Cusack’s wise-ass cynic will get rattled and unravel is a given.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 22, 2019
This must have been where the exile story started: Buckner chased west by one wise-ass too many.
From The New Yorker ● May 28, 2019
As Chris Turner points out in his book Planet Simpson, the show’s wise-ass tone actively invited this kind of sarcastic commentary.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2013
As the music strikes up, and the book’s characters are introduced in comic buffo style, you wonder if you’re in for a meal of wise-ass lit-lampoonery.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2013
