prankish

Example Sentences

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What the prankish and abundantly coifed 40-year-old Mr. Gaetz, a Florida Republican, plans to do with his new clout is a matter of intense speculation in Washington.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2023

The movie, however, shrewdly relishes all identities in its mix of the humor inherent in his prankish folly and the sentimentality of a pie-in-the-sky dream.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2022

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

But there was nothing prankish about ruining the sneakers.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier