How to Use monkey business in a Sentence

monkey business

noun

• Our teacher warned us not to try any monkey business while she was out of the room.
• Things get pretty hairy around the Zoo switchboard where monkey business is the order of the day...
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2022
• Caps for Sale’: Adapted from the classic tale, this story goes behind the scenes to weave the tale of a cap peddler’s life, some monkeys and their monkey business.
  — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2018
• In recent years, the tiny town of Borja has seen a tourism boom after the fresco monkey business gained worldwide attention.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 28 June 2018
• Researchers say their study is far from simply monkey business, however.
  — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2015
• Monkeys who escaped after truck crash all accounted for No more monkey business.
  — Editors, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2022
• Not for monkey business, not for contributions, not for influence, not for power, not for anything.
  — CBS News, 1 Feb. 2018
• That focus leaves Picasso in slight shadow, gives Braque his fair due and crowns a new champion of media monkey business and painterly legerdemain.
  — Jason Farago, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2022
• Gathering animals ahead of a hurricane, though, can be difficult and lead to some monkey business.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Mar. 2021
• On smooth road, the monkey business turns mountain-gorilla serious.
  — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 12 May 2020
• Three baboons got up to some monkey business on Tuesday much to the entertainment of Sydney residents who spotted the troop on their escapades and Twitter users who followed the action online.
  — Melissa Locker, Time, 25 Feb. 2020
• Authorities in Cincinnati spent Thursday caught up in monkey business.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 9 Apr. 2021
• According to the simian market hypothesis, figuring out what stocks are worth is monkey business.
  — Jason Zweig, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
• Police in Montgomery County, Maryland are investigating some serious monkey business after a thief made off with a gorilla statue in the dark of night.
  — Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2023
• Whenever Doctor Strange shows up in a Marvel movie, audiences ought to be prepared for some magical monkey business — the kind of rule-bending that essentially makes anything possible.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 13 Dec. 2021
• Entertainment litigator James Sammataro explains why non-human creation shouldn't be dismissed as merely monkey business.
  — James Sammataro, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2017
• His films are notoriously austere: no voice-over commentary, no talking-head interviews, no music score, no animation or reenactments or other monkey business; just silent, steady observation.
  — J.r. Jones, Chicago Reader, 5 Oct. 2017

Last Updated: 30 Aug 2024