| Mae is a serious role, but Lombard's smart-alecky tough dame isn't far from the screwball heroines for which she's best remembered. |
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| However, he must beware the pitfalls of trying to be too smart-alecky, too ready with the cringe-making quip. |
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| See, we old fogies can be just as smart-alecky as the young whippersnappers! |
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| And Mr. Morris, now with long dreadlocks, small and wary, smart-alecky and comical, kept control. |
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| The sneering desperation in his voice is familiar, a relic of smart-alecky emo. |
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| Born in 1972, he seems to me like a smart-alecky adolescent who thinks youth and parental praise will last forever. |
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| Then he seemed defensive, a little smart-alecky. |
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| With patients, he displays none of Placebo Journal's smart-alecky tone. |
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| An Amos Walker novel is more about atmosphere, smart-alecky dialogue, the deterioration of Detroit, and the hard-boiled persona. |
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| This time, the smart-alecky treasure hunter will be joined by his brother, portrayed by omnipresent video game actor Troy Baker. |
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| Still, better to get softheaded in Big Sur than smart-alecky in the Mary McCarthy set. |
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