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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• What kind of narcissistic know-it-all arrogant little person would take that attitude?
  — Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
• The actual experts nodded along in mock agreement, smiling through bad suggestions because Hollis was that great to be around, a latitude few others enjoyed in a time of Wooden frustrated by know-it-all fans.
  — Scott Howard-Cooper., Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
• Even so, who better than Tina Fey to play a self-important, slightly bullying know-it-all who conceals her questionable competence behind a thin layer of condescension?
  — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 9 Sep. 2023
• For aspiring know-it-alls, Princeton University Press sells a series of pocket-size encyclopedias covering subjects including brain phenomena and dinosaur lore.
  — Ella Riley-Adams Angela Koh Jameson Montgomery Jameson Montgomery Tom Delavan, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024