know-it-alls
- plural of know-it-all.
Example Sentences
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For a nation that still gets diminished as a soccer outsider, the U.S. sure produces a lot of soccer know-it-alls, and the men get a lot of unsolicited wisdom from the homeland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
I like this exercise because it’s not a recounting by news know-it-alls.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
There are no kitchen table arguments, no drunk know-it-alls pontificating at the numerous pubs, no campaign posters, no red hats, not even a chuckle-worthy moment of political incorrectness from Mare’s mother Helen.
From Slate ● May 27, 2021
Nerdy, yes, but didn’t Aristotle say that “All men” — all human beings — “by nature desire to know”? He might have added that all adolescents are know-it-alls.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2020
“I don’t think Raven actually hid this book. She’s probably one of those know-it-alls who likes to flaunt every fact in her head. Yippee for you, you know a lot about Edgar Allan Poe.”
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
