troublemaking

Example Sentences

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Then there is 12-year-old Harper, the prodigy, who has no outlet for her intelligence except troublemaking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

The report causes you to think back to June 22, when Goodell focused on the Washington organization’s transformation as if to say that all of Snyder’s troublemaking was in the past.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2022

“When my dad thought of this Foundation, it was his vision that it would support good work, inspire good troublemaking and do its part to make the world a better place,” Lewis said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2022

Michael Riedel, the troublemaking Broadway columnist, wrote about the dustup in the New York Post and then sent me a note of congratulations.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2021

So only Otto freaked out when Old Petey began to fade, along with the troublemaking camera in his hands.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles