hijinks

Example Sentences

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When Garland began expertly mimicking the hijinks on the TV screen, little Liza, eager to join the act, clumsily attempted a back flip.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

I loved watching Van Dyke’s character, Rob Petrie, manage hijinks at work and home.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2026

And with the bowl season starting Saturday, football fans can expect plenty of such hijinks, especially in games scheduled around the holidays.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

Sam Bankman-Fried, a onetime rival of Zhao’s, has been behind bars since the summer of 2023, when the judge presiding over his trial ordered him jailed over pretrial hijinks.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2025

By far the major portion of the book was devoted to spinsterish discourses on prison life—bad food, hijinks in the exercise yard, tedious little jailbird hobbies.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt