mischief-making
Example Sentences
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All of which makes for some great mischief-making opportunities.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025
“In order to maintain the idea of himself, he needs someone to play along,” said the British actor, recently seen as a mischief-making ambassadorial spouse in “The Diplomat” on Netflix.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2024
One of the D.C. area’s quirkiest holiday traditions features Santa water skiing on the Potomac River, alongside elves and reindeer, and the mischief-making Grinch on a Jet Ski.
From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2021
News rankings and the moral value of all his mischief-making.
From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2021
Elisha called this private upper floor “a sort of sanctuary; a retreat to which we are driven by mischief-making eyes and tongues. There, like wounded deer we escape the hunters.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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