How to Use know-it-all in a Sentence

know-it-all

noun

• All fans have a voice and a point of view now, the know-it-alls, the normies, the honest, and, of course, the trolls.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2023
• The moon’s clash with Mars brings out your inner know-it-all.
  — USA TODAY, 11 May 2024
• But right in the middle of that magic, a know-it-all witch floats next to her.
  — Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
• In short, there’s something in it for everyone, from novices to know-it-alls.
  — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 7 July 2023
• On May 28th, two very online know-it-alls got into a tiff on Twitter.
  — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 13 June 2023
• The former is, at least according to one know-it-all, the best holiday show or movie of all time.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2024
• My, how the snotty, rich, entitled, know-it-all kid has fallen.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
• Get expert advice rather than listening to a know-it-all who will point you in the wrong direction.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2024
• His glib, know-it-all style may impress some in the media, but his crisis-management skills are awful.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 25 Feb. 2023
• My 21-year-old grandson is a dramatic and arrogant know-it-all.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
• Parker played the role of annoying little brother while Auburn was the know-it-all older sister.
  — Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2024
• Dierks Bentley has never considered himself much of a know-it-all.
  — Tricia Despres, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2023
• George Bernard Shaw and James Thurber were stylistically hassled by certain know-it-alls.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
• But the low point is its treatment of its female characters, who are painted as irritating, know-it-all nags who just get in the way of a good time.
  — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 18 Oct. 2024
• This outsider’s perspective judges America’s past by the lights of a cynical, know-it-all.
  — Armond White, National Review, 2 Oct. 2024
• This outsider’s perspective judges America’s past by the lights of a cynical, know-it-all.
  — Armond White, National Review, 2 Oct. 2024
• Dear Abby: My 21-year-old grandson is a dramatic and arrogant know-it-all.
  — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2024
• Ginnie is bossy about other people’s behavior and Yvette is a know-it-all about diseases, having had so many.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• One downside to sharing the up-close moments of Idalia’s aftermath on TikTok, Watson said, is the social media know-it-alls.
  — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2023
• Even Della Guardia, that slimy know-it-all, seems like a bastion of integrity in comparison.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 12 June 2024
• Sagittarius Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius is a know-it-all who actually does know it all.
  — Lisa Stardust, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
• Don’t let a know-it-all attitude set you back or cause others to withhold information.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
• Not surprisingly, then, Xi’s know-it-all style of rule has led to a number of disastrous decisions.
  — Cai Xia, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
• Successful teams today aren’t led by the know-it-all and always right A-type personalities.
  — John Hall, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
• Side hustles for know-it-alls Notably, your knowledge doesn’t need to be encyclopedic or broad.
  — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023
• The Curiosity To Learn We are all thrown new curveballs every day, and someone who is willing to research, dig in and learn something new will always do better than the know-it-all.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
• In the duo’s adaptation, the town’s doctor played by Strong — known for his turn as the cutthroat Kendall Roy in Succession – expresses more compassion, rather than taking a braggadocious, know-it-all stance.
  — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2024
• Williams portrayed the couple's seemingly perfect, know-it-all daughter, Laura.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2023
• Democrats think Republicans are knuckle-dragging idiots, and Republicans think Democrats are know-it-all twits.
  — Cameron Smith | [e-mail], al, 1 Aug. 2023
• Trachtenberg, whose death at 39 was announced on February 26, spent much of her career playing the most likable version of a precocious brat, a know-it-all who gets away with just about everything thanks to her doe eyes and charisma.
  — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025