mischief-maker

Example Sentences

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Henry Arundell, a 20-year-old fresher in the side, had been chief mischief-maker by scoring five of 11 tries in a 71-0 win.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2023

Whitfield, who is biracial and grew up in the Midwest, is a one-liner machine and mischief-maker who giddily raided Lyons’ closet in the premiere episode.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2023

“He remains the immature mischief-maker, a well-meaning dad with the instincts of a reckless kid,” Mr. Zinoman writes.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2017

Eris had long been the most powerful mischief-maker in Epic Mafia.

From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2016

Carisophus, the parasite, is hardly distinguishable from the vice of the moralities, and is not only clown and mischief-maker, but the villain, whose infamy brings about the tragic entanglements.

From Tragedy by Thorndike, Ashley H.