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
• 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
• 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
• This is not a home for doomers, cynics, or know-it-alls.
  — Daphne Koller, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
• Normally, know-it-alls are kind of annoying.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 19 Dec. 2025
• One of the most horrifying things imaginable is being stuck with a know-it-all who's eager to debate.
  — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
• Ignore imposter syndrome and the opinions of know-it-alls.
  — Usa Today, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025