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Sentence examples for wise guy from inspiring English sources

"wise guy" is a commonly used expression in written English.
It is generally used to refer to someone who is being cocky or acting overly confident. Example sentence: "I can't stand it when people act like a wise guy."

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wise guy

noun

One who is insolent or flippant; one who makes jokes or perpetrates pranks.

  • Her reputation for being a wise guy made her new teachers hesitant about having her in their classes.

synonyms

wisenheimer
smart aleck
know-it-all
know-all
smarty

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"A wise guy, huh?

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The New Yorker

Oh, a wise guy, y'know.

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The New Yorker

A wise guy, I thought.

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The New Yorker

"Wise guy," he said.

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The New York Times - Arts

K. wise guy.

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The New Yorker

And the wise guy coach.

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Check out our wise guy-themed fashion shoot: "Crooked Conduct".

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Vice

Opera purists should know that this production is no slice of wise-guy revisionism.

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The New York Times - Arts

There is none of the wise-guy patter one associates with the genre.

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The New York Times

Galotti seems to have developed his wise-guy persona partly in response.

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The Guardian

The dialogue has the wise-guy perkiness, if not always the wit, of the overeducated young.

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