Example Sentences

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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

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

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix