How to Use mischievous in a Sentence

mischievous

adjective

• Meanwhile, Calvin must get to the bottom of Calvin Jr.’s mischievous deeds.
  — Josie Howell | , al, 22 Mar. 2023
• One month to the day of her injury, Bueckers could smile, crack a mischievous joke here and there.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 1 Sep. 2022
• And just like any good camper, Willis was a little mischievous on set.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 8 Apr. 2022
• That look with a mischievous, loving grin that your friends and loved ones knew so well.
  — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
• This is where a very mischievous look appeared in David Bowie’s eyes.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 14 June 2023
• The way Bryan tells it, in the 1970s, Kathy was a single mom who’d found Jesus but still had a mischievous streak.
  — Adam Piore, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2023
• The cheeky clip was brushed aside by many as mischievous teasing between teammates at the time.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2023
• This was a mischievous question—and maybe, in a room stocked with Cody Johnson fans, a perilous one.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
• Still, the 1940 Pinocchio does have a mischievous streak, along with his famed penchant for untruth.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2022
• Every scene with Bill Nighy’s mischievous old rock star.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2022
• For the the young, mischievous musician, there was nothing stopping him.
  — Janine Rubenstein, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
• With thick dark hair and a creased smile, Lichtenstein was seen by some of his peers as an outcast with a mischievous bent.
  — Cyrus Farivar, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
• Gadsby posed the question herself with a mischievous grin.
  — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2022
• The celebration spread across the country, until the mischievous Halloween pranksters reached an all-time high in the 1920s.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 9 June 2022
• Yet like his other duds, it’s marked by a kind of hermetic mischievous self-love.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 June 2023
• Some say this is the best time to be in the stadium: less regimented, a little more mischievous (in the stands, at least).
  — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 28 Aug. 2022
• The mischievous Mary-Kate and Ashley must find a magic moonstone come Halloween night to beat their evil aunt and save their home.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 22 June 2022
• The knight has been wrongfully accused of a crime, and mischievous shapeshifter Nimona is the only one who can help clear his name.
  — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 17 July 2023
• Now Jaydien, who has a mischievous smile and who used to love going to school and his math lessons, does not want to go to school anymore.
  — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 30 May 2022
• To Celts, a sudden gust of air — thought to be a mischievous fairy wind — awakens a deep-down stirring, and the pious would make the sign of the cross whenever the wind blew.
  — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2023
• William, in a light gray jacket with a dark tie and slacks, and Prince George, 9, were in attendance, but the couple’s youngest, mischievous Prince Louis, 5, stayed home.
  — Kim Willis, USA TODAY, 16 July 2023
• Eminem is a mischievous, whirling dervish, wrestling real and imagined demons side by side.
  — Bob Guccione Jr, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
• Mckenna posed with her tongue out and a defiant, mischievous smile.
  — Caitlin Flynn, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2023
• There’s no guarding the galaxy from this mischievous toddler!
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 20 July 2022
• Linda Kramer had a mischievous sense of humor, loved fine food, and had a passion for fast cars, the family said.
  — Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2022
• John Lam was a mischievous Drosselmeier with an endearing shrug when something didn’t come off.
  — Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Nov. 2022
• An unattached Haley Schwan is the mischievous upbeat spirit of the piece.
  — Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2023
• The Yule Lads are 13 mischievous boys, each with a distinct name and description, who cause mayhem in the 13 days leading up to Christmas.
  — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2022
• Many people who know him described him as impish or mischievous, with a sense of humor that went just up to the line and often over it.
  — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2022
• The banner denotes that this is, indeed, a house for the most cunning (and sneaky) minds, with plenty of accessories and parts to set the scene for mischievous events.
  — Melissa Epifano, EW.com, 20 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024