How to Use troublemaker in a Sentence

troublemaker

noun

• He had the reputation of being a troublemaker in high school.
• The misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes, the ones who see things differently.
  — Benny Har-Even, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
• The hero was once called a troublemaker, and far worse.
  — Mary Schmich Chicago Tribune (tns), Star Tribune, 30 July 2020
• Your guy, the Marine — he’s just a drunk and a troublemaker.
  — Raga Justin, Dallas News, 14 June 2021
• Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in a square hole, the ones who see things differently.
  — Sarah Todd, Quartz, 22 Oct. 2019
• Congressman John Lewis is a troublemaker in the best sense of the word.
  — Taiia Smart Young, Essence, 1 July 2020
• He is woven through so many of the tales as the friend, the rescuer, the troublemaker, or sometimes all three!
  — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 22 Aug. 2021
• In some countries, the question would land you in a dossier of troublemakers.
  — Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 17 July 2017
• This kind of chaos is fine for a fringe party of troublemakers.
  — Anne-Elisabeth Moutet, CNN, 8 May 2017
• For a long time now, glass has been the class troublemaker in a recycling bin.
  — Michael Taylor, ExpressNews.com, 4 Oct. 2019
• This isn't the first time Louis has proved to be a troublemaker for Kate during the pandemic.
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 14 July 2020
• Welles certainly looked the part as the knight and troublemaker, but gave him a cunning edge too.
  — CNN, 14 Jan. 2022
• Chase, the troublemaker, tries and fails to bribe his little brother Grayson to keep a secret with $100.
  — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2023
• Cattelan is known as a prankster, troublemaker, or troll in the art realm.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 1 May 2023
• Here, Khloé — who was dating French Montana at the time — stars as a masked troublemaker in the rapper’s 4-minute video.
  — Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• Hunter is more flighty, the troublemaker who’s driving him crazy.
  — Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 May 2017
• Abigail Echo-Hawk can’t even count how many times she’s been called a troublemaker.
  — Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS, 24 Sep. 2020
• Now imagine that some troublemaker placed a grenade in slot E5, where the Snickers bars were supposed to go.
  — Will Oremus, Slate Magazine, 20 Sep. 2017
• While her son is bright, and likes math, he is considered a troublemaker at his school.
  — Sharon Broussard, cleveland.com, 31 Jan. 2018
• Al is a con man, a troublemaker, always looking for a score.
  — cleveland.com, 29 July 2019
• Repression can come from the left or the right, and the outcome is never good for troublemakers or their victims.
  — WSJ, 10 Aug. 2018
• Russia, in short, is a troublemaker but not a major threat.
  — Kathryn E. Stoner, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2020
• And why was the inflatable snowman called out like that—Frosty is no troublemaker!
  — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 19 Nov. 2019
• But the Tooth Fairy, as every child knows, has tricks of her own, and an epic battle of diminutive troublemakers ensues.
  — Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2018
• Grab a notebook, start jotting down your favorites, and get ready to choose the best Elf name for your little troublemaker.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 13 Nov. 2022
• But the same team identified a second galaxy that seems to share many of the same properties as the first troublemaker.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 15 Feb. 2022
• However, whether the 59-year-old will be able to keep the reported troublemaker in check remains to be seen.
  — SI.com, 11 June 2018
• But the pandemic strain of Bd isn’t the only troublemaker.
  — Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 31 July 2024
• Ealy tends to be typecast as the handsome troublemaker.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 14 Mar. 2022
• And when women come forward, they are called liars and troublemakers.
  — Isaac Chotiner, Slate Magazine, 19 Oct. 2017

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024