wisecrack

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

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 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

Yet none of the furry or feathered stars of this meditative, wondrous adventure need to wisecrack their way into our hearts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024

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

I waited to see a flash of the old Laura, with the mischievous grin and inevitable wisecrack, but none of that came.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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

Squibb is renowned for her crotchety wisecracks, but this touching comedy about unexpected friendship and the different levels of truth allows her to show off another of her remarkable talents: listening.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025

"Parker offers immaculate room service as she delivers polished rounds of rueful wisecracks."

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2024

He began making wisecracks in a lockjaw accent about how I was going to become one of those fur-wearing, pinkie-extending, nose-in-the-air New Yorkers.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

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

The bond also involved friendly rivalry and humor: “I never knew I’d be married to somebody that old,” he wisecracked when Rosalynn was 91.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2023

“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

“Wow—you really have a way with girls,” Jonah wisecracked.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Whenever the tone of the film tilts toward the overly reverent, Waters comes in with a bit of wisecracking, truthtelling remembrance: Oliver chain-smoked, swore, was stubborn, walked in the forest “like a crazy person.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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

A key hallmark of Murphy’s status is his voluminous gallery of offbeat characters — an impeccably attired prison convict, a clumsy professor, a wisecracking donkey, an elderly Jewish man and even an obese, abusive wife.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025

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

But Dan did make an effort to branch out, landing the role of a wisecracking detective in the school play.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin