wisecrack

A wisecrack about the real estate prices popped into my head, but I held my tongue.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026

He didn’t mince words or allow nuance or second thoughts to stand in the way of a zingy phrase or a colorful wisecrack.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

Burry is just as likely to be dismissed on social media, where jokers trot out a version of a wisecrack that he predicted 20 of the last two recessions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025

She’s uber-competitive and thrives on getting into opponents’ heads, whether it’s from wearing them down physically, making a well-timed wisecrack or just being, as she calls it, “feisty.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2023

She grunted slightly, but didn’t wisecrack about it.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

The loyal Sara, who rides a real motorcycle, is immune to her partner’s wisecracks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

But the superstar isn’t convinced until the very last moment, when she and Ava are about to take their final train ride and can’t resist trading a few wisecracks about death.

From Salon ● May 29, 2026

Coincidences and wisecracks abound in this fast-paced caper: Think “Knives Out” meets “Fargo.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

At the retirement home, everybody’s got problems — memory loss, cancer, loneliness — but these darker moments alternate with sight gags, punchlines and snarky wisecracks in a way that somehow feels cohesive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2024

Jonah thought maybe Chip was trying to sound like the donkey from Shrek—carefree, glib, and full of wisecracks even in the face of danger.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

After asking Warsh to stand, Trump wisecracked that he would sue him if he failed to lower rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026

“I would trade it in a minute, if I could just be a wife and mother,” wisecracked the gold lame-wrapped, gum-chewing Tenuta, who accepted her award from Carlin.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2022

“I would trade it in a minute, if I could just be a wife and mother,” wisecracked the gold lamé-wrapped, gum-chewing Tenuta, who accepted her award from Carlin.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2022

"Good. I didn't feel a thing," she wisecracked.

From Salon ● May 10, 2020

And when they didn’t, when somebody out-insulted them, or ignored them, or sent them running, they wisecracked and name-called until the sweat of embarrassment evaporated from the palms of their hands.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

Mr. Chandler certainly gets it, making Hal a wisecracking, long-suffering delinquent who’s as charming as he is insubordinate—not an original type, perhaps, but the actor makes his character the magnetic force of the whole series.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

The bill opened with an onstage, truncated ballet class, with Erán Fink at the piano, conducted by Tomas Karlborg, the group’s wisecracking ballet master.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

More familiar as a wisecracking action hero in blockbusters like Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World, this role is quite a departure for him.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026

In “Crying Inside,” for example, he sings, “I’ve been wisecracking like the good old days / but pretty soon I’m going to slip away.”

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2024

By day at the bookbindery, we glue gunned our way into a companionable oblivion, wisecracking until there was nothing left to say.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama