prankish
Example Sentences
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I was delighted that she was granted a prominent place in the adaptation’s second act, but it’s a shame that, like all the characters, she becomes a pawn in O’Hara’s prankish plot.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025
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
Wilson’s sensibility is more humane than harsh, poetic than prankish.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2020
But there was nothing prankish about ruining the sneakers.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
