mischievous
Example Sentences
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Five decades later, Ismaily has become one of music’s most in-demand collaborators, flitting like a mischievous butterfly through genres as diverse as honeyed folk, rambunctious free jazz and spectral meditations sung in Urdu.
From New York Times
“She has this mischievous quality where you don’t know what’s coming next necessarily. There’s a real dance to it, which feels great when you’re playing scenes with an actor of her caliber.”
From Los Angeles Times
The reference to the Only Fans website - known for its adult content - may be a mischievous hint that perhaps there was a transactional element all along.
From BBC
“Do you know this French term enfant terrible? That’s what I was,” he said with a mischievous smile.
From Los Angeles Times
Pigeons and bats had gotten in there; so had some mischievous kids.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
