be mischievous
Example Sentences
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"He can be mischievous like a lot of children," she said.
From BBC • May 3, 2023
They frequently choose words like "innocent," "pure" and "naive" – although babysitters and students with younger siblings are more likely to acknowledge that children can also be "mischievous" and "strange."
From Salon • Oct. 1, 2022
“Sometimes he may do badly in exams or be mischievous, but he’s still our son. We can’t just abandon him because of bad exam results.”
From Seattle Times • Aug. 26, 2021
That is also the downside: The animals can be mischievous and prone to tantrums.
From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2019
Fidgety restlessness, or double diligence in a bad cause; the imp being supposed to be mischievous in hard gales.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
