mischief
Example Sentences
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Mr. Pierre is solid, stolid superhero material; Mr. Chandler is pure mischief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
He's not up to mischief: these are males that don't bite, and they carry a gut bacteria called Wolbachia, which means when they mate with uninfected females, the eggs won't hatch.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
In a later Vogue interview, he explained that all this mischief was necessary to make audiences see the value of “never believing in truth.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
"She was still so full of life and mischief, and she was so excited about the second series. She was completely across it. She read every single episode, signed it all off."
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
“I’m not going to hurt you, though you were causing mischief, now, weren’t you?”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Vocabulary lists containing mischief
"Mending Wall," by Robert Frost
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Lincoln Inaugural Address (March 1861)
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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