How to Use naughty in a Sentence

naughty

adjective

• She gave him a naughty smile.
• What works: The cast is a strong one, and there are naughty laughs to be had.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 16 June 2017
• Here are the CEOs who screwed up bad enough to rise to the top of my 2019 naughty list.
  — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 17 Dec. 2019
• Apple turns a blind eye to many of the naughty habits of apps.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
• Quick bite of roast beef, with a naughty side of French fries.
  — David Jefferys, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2018
• Then came a naughty plan to try to sneak the C-word onto the show.
  — Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2021
• The bedside lamps were shackled to the walls—a naughty touch.
  — Audrey Phoon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Feb. 2018
• Some are naughty, some are nice, but all of them are well worth a read.
  — Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2023
• Turning the ball over is one of the fastest ways to land atop John Fox’s naughty list.
  — Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, 18 Dec. 2017
• So the decision to avoid the naughty school-girl vibe was wise.
  — Cara Kelly, USA TODAY, 13 July 2018
• While one cooked, the other watched out for the naughty elephants.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2023
• There was the time viewers complained about all the naughty puns.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2019
• In more recent times, kids have been both naughty and nice.
  — Jay Jones, chicagotribune.com, 25 Nov. 2020
• The Pynk is a magnet for dreams, and not only naughty ones.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2022
• Santa could not be reached to comment on whether the man had been added to the naughty list.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2019
• Would she be sent out of the room when the grownups were talking, perhaps, and told to sit on the naughty step?
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2017
• One list is his record of those children who have been nice, and the other, the naughty ones.
  — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2020
• But in the morning, the couple emerged from the goathouse as flushed and giddy as naughty teenagers.
  — Lisa Wells, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023
• That was the quickest way to end up on Jordan's naughty list.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 18 May 2020
• Still, a few of us remember how grand the naughty song once was.
  — Gregg Opelka, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2021
• The clothes turned out much like Smith herself, girly and a little naughty.
  — Chrissy Rutherford, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Jan. 2014
• Neither is a 74-year-old man using a naughty word at the Tony Awards.
  — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 June 2018
• In that time, the parrots learned a few naughty words and even learned to say these words and start laughing.
  — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2020
• The stories are funny and clever, and a few are a little naughty, as well.
  — Sunset Magazine, 19 Mar. 2020
• The story: Santa has Scout Elves that help him with his naughty and nice lists.
  — Jennifer McClellan, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2019
• In it, a naughty boy–Max–is sent to bed without supper.
  — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
• So you and everybody else can see — who’s naughty and who’s nice.
  — al, 21 Dec. 2019
• Grace Jones is the naughty aunt who slips you a glass of wine while the family isn’t looking.
  — Vogue, 5 July 2019
• Does the basket keep a list of who's naughty and who's nice, like a metal Santa Claus?
  — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 5 May 2018
• Stephen may have a flip-book of naughty photos, but his real weapon is his will to destroy.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Dec 2024