hellion

Example Sentences

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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

I am a swamp hellion managing my barking desires.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2018

Or is it just that Fox has become tired of scampering around like some overage-underage hellion?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2015

And a bit of a hellion, she might have added.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2015

The Triple Crown winner was a hellion, repeatedly barging through the gate and dragging the assistant starter with him.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand