wiseacre

Example Sentences

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Watching it now reveals an altogether different Fallon, more sarcastic wiseacre than chipper enthusiast.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2023

He proved so skillful at blending “the apparently antagonistic roles of wiseacre and smart alec,” as he put it, that he was soon invited to appear on television himself.

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2019

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

Salinger from young wiseacre to world-celebrated author and notorious recluse is absorbingly traced in Danny Strong’s “Rebel in the Rye.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2017

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

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli