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

jack-of-all-trades

noun
  • Aho is a jack-of-all-trades two-way center.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Agee was and is something of a jack-of-all-trades.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Gay, a free agent signee, is a jack-of-all-trades linebacker who has shined in camp.
    — Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
  • These and so many more uses make the pantry staple a real jack-of-all-trades around the house.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2025
  • These and so many more uses make the pantry staple a real jack-of-all-trades around the house.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
  • These and so many more uses make the pantry staple a real jack-of-all-trades around the house.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Steve Clifford’s successor will have to be a jack-of-all-trades.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2024
  • He’ll also be involved in the offense and will return kicks as a jack-of-all-trades.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2025
  • With all these features, the DreamCloud is a jack-of-all-trades type of bed.
    — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • Siakam is still a jack-of-all-trades, All-Star-quality player.
    — Eric Koreen, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Mike has a charm that’s lovable and likely rooted in Rex’s jack-of-all-trades background.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Anker’s jack-of-all-trades travel adapter packs enough ports to refill your devices during some downtime.
    — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 23 May 2026
  • 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
  • The jack-of-all-trades will add to his versatility this fall, returning kicks.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Read on for more details on these new gaming boxes, starting with the jack-of-all-trades Triton.
    — Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 16 May 2025
  • In Andersson, Vegas added somewhat of a jack-of-all-trades on the back end.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Those jack-of-all-trades attachments are part of it, but so are this Shark top seller’s four heat and three airflow options.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 23 June 2026
  • Peter Tailer was a jack-of-all-trades buzzing with creativity, his daughter said.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
  • This jack-of-all-trades serum is the brand’s hero product that Crawford uses daily to prime her skin before makeup.
    — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Since then, their son, the pitmaster Greg Gatlin, has become a barbecue jack-of-all-trades.
    — Kayla Stewart, Bon Appétit, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Generally used as a step between cleanser and moisturizer, the best toners are jacks-of-all-trades.
    — Dana Leigh Smith, Glamour, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Jones is a jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none by NBA standards who will need to be a lights-out shooter to stick.
    — Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • None of those jack-of-all-trades models came up with the hypotheses that proved experimentally correct.
    — Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Tablets, for instance, are jacks-of-all-trades, giving you a single screen for streaming, scrolling, reading, light work, and the occasional email.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026
  • Tablets, for instance, are jacks-of-all-trades, giving you a single screen for streaming, scrolling, reading, light work, and the occasional email.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026
  • Tablets, for instance, are jacks-of-all-trades, giving you a single screen for streaming, scrolling, reading, light work, and the occasional email.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 23 June 2026
  • 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
  • Radical is pitching this category of aircraft as a kind of jack-of-all-trades that can fill gaps left by satellites, drones, and conventional planes.
    — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2025

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