wisecracking
- present participle of wisecrack.
Example Sentences
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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
It’s tough to top the superlative energy Moore shared with Asner, Valerie Harper’s wisecracking Rhoda Morgenstern and Cloris Leachman as Mary’s smugly married downstairs neighbor, Phyllis.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026
Fillion played the wisecracking mystery novelist Richard Castle in ABC’s crime drama “Castle” and stars in ABC’s “The Rookie” as John Nolan, a forty-something who navigates his midlife crisis by joining the LAPD.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025
Dobson's wisecracking style of magic saw him rise to prominence through the 1980s.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025
In the middle sat Garvey, the gravelly-voiced, wisecracking Indian parole officer from Minneapolis.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
