prankish
Example Sentences
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Angela Balogh Calin’s costumes prepare the way for Ionesco’s prankish jokes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
Her latest experiment, at the Connelly Theater, is “Kate,” directed by Bo Burnham, a brainy, busy, dizzy, prankish one-woman show.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
Missives like Meredith’s clarify the latent danger in some of the riot’s more prankish elements.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2021
"The Gentlemen" continues to showcase his crass flash, featuring more sophomoric antics than prankish teenage schoolboys.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2020
“Come,” he says, prankish, leading me through the house.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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