hellion

Example Sentences

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As we’re about to learn, David is more than a heel, he’s a hellion, and what begins as the story of a stalking skids rapidly into depravity and humiliation.

From New York Times

“There could have been no more perfect beginning to L.Q. Jones’s career in the movies. The word that best sums up his overriding screen persona is hellion.”

From New York Times

“They literally raised three girls to be absolute hellions. And we didn’t know and I literally didn’t know that wasn’t possible.”

From New York Times

A little hellion, according to her own description, she was not adopted even after her picture and profile were featured as a child needing a forever home in The Seattle Times.

From Seattle Times

Good enough to help a consortium of Seattle rock hellions, slinging disparate amalgamations of punk, metal and ’70s rock, wage an accidental takeover of pop culture.

From Seattle Times