acting up
Example Sentences
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The black flies are not the only troublesome creature acting up during the unseasonably warm weather.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
I told her the camera is going to be constantly running, so when she’s acting up — and I wanted to open the film with that — she knew that was being recorded.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2024
After lunch, Streisand was ready to relax and needed to stretch her back, which lately has been acting up.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
Moody said the injury started acting up two weeks ago and he is “slowly working back into it.”
From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
The word usually made me mad, but I knew that Kofi was only acting up.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
