How to Use jack-of-all-trades in a Sentence

jack-of-all-trades

noun

• Goldfield has a field day as the jack-of-all-trades servant.
  — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
• Ausar is a jack-of-all-trades, and the Pistons are high on his long-term potential.
  — Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2023
• One was Lewis, who is a bit of a jack-of-all-trades-type but rooted as a nickel corner.
  — Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
• Steve Clifford’s successor will have to be a jack-of-all-trades.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2024
• The original jack-of-all-trades must have been a caregiver.
  — Fountain House, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
• Mike has a charm that’s lovable and likely rooted in Rex’s jack-of-all-trades background.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 29 Nov. 2024
• Mike has a charm that’s lovable and likely rooted in Rex’s jack-of-all-trades background.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 29 Nov. 2024
• Essentially, project managers are the jack-of-all-trades.
  — Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
• Since then, their son, the pitmaster Greg Gatlin, has become a barbecue jack-of-all-trades.
  — Kayla Stewart, Bon Appétit, 23 Feb. 2024
• If there were a jack-of-all-trades mineral, many researchers would give the honor to magnesium.
  — Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Scientific American, 16 Feb. 2024
• Can Dilute Marketing Impact In the world of marketing, a jack-of-all-trades is a master of none.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
• Because McKeon is a valuable, jack-of-all-trades player.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
• The jack-of-all-trades will add to his versatility this fall, returning kicks.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
• Peter Tailer was a jack-of-all-trades buzzing with creativity, his daughter said.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
• In creating jacks-of-all-trades, there aren’t many masters-of-one left, and even fewer age-appropriate apprentices around to take the lead.
  — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
• Generally used as a step between cleanser and moisturizer, the best toners are jacks-of-all-trades.
  — Dana Leigh Smith, Glamour, 13 Oct. 2023
• Richie even passes the power of the suit on to sweet jack-of-all-trades Fak (played by Canadian chef Matty Matheson), who presumably borrows a retro look from his dad.
  — Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
• That lack of experience has especially hurt the writers who go on to become showrunners, or the jack-of-all-trades who manage the creative aspects of a show.
  — Emma Roth, The Verge, 14 July 2023
• One of the homes slated for demolition belongs to Mohamed Amin, 56, a former construction worker turned jack-of-all-trades at Darb.
  — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2023
• Castor oil has long been considered a jack-of-all-trades home remedy, used as a laxative, a moisturizer and as a chest rub to ease lung congestion.
  — Katie Camero, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2023
• The iPad is the jack-of-all-trades in Apple’s lineup, a terrific device in many ways that still feels increasingly redundant now that so many people have big phones and long-lasting laptops.
  — David Pierce, The Verge, 2 May 2024
• These jack-of-all-trades bottoms boast UPF 50 sun protection, a water-resistant coating, and five convenient pockets with zippers and snaps.
  — Alice Bennett, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024
• This freezer-safe skin-care tool is a jack-of-all-trades, helping to stimulate circulation, reduce puffiness, and cool irritated skin all at once.
  — Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 1 Oct. 2024
• This freezer-safe skin-care tool is a jack-of-all-trades, helping to stimulate circulation, reduce puffiness, and cool irritated skin all at once.
  — Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 1 Oct. 2024
• This bomber jacket is the ultimate jack-of-all-trades, effortlessly going with everything in your closet while keeping you looking fab.
  — Daisy Maldonado, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024
• That profession might more readily conjure associations with Mary Poppins, but these guys are no jaunty jacks-of-all-trades.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2024
• Her grandfather — jack-of-all-trades, house-builder, hog-slaughterer — had been best friends with James’ dad; the pair had occasionally done business together, trading horses.
  — Eric Boodman, STAT, 18 Apr. 2023
• Adam Blackstone, a jack-of-all-trades who plays bass, drums, piano, organ, tuba and sousaphone — and is also a songwriter, producer, composer and everything else under the musical sun — is more than ready to step in.
  — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Aug. 2023
• Rebecca Miller salvaged the modest furnishings from the studio, including a daybed, a pot-belly wood stove and an old metal office chair that her father, a jack-of-all-trades, insisted on fixing rather than replacing.
  — Susan Haigh, Fortune, 3 July 2023
• The idea of becoming a jack-of-all-trades is a tempting one—especially for entrepreneurs, who might envision becoming the sole solution for their customers, synonymous with problem-solving across every challenge.
  — Jeppe Rindom, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024