hellion

Example Sentences

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His pharmacist father became the reformist mayor of Santiago, and the youthful Desi — born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha in 1917 — a bit of a hellion.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025

Nimona is a shape-shifter, a monster, a misunderstood hellion with a heart of gold.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2023

A little hellion, according to her own description, she was not adopted even after her picture and profile were featured as a child needing a forever home in The Seattle Times.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2021

Nene was a 4-year-old Brazilian hellion often being told no-no, “probably causing trouble with other kids in day care.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2014

No doubt she was scolding my little hellion.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez