hellion

Example Sentences

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Nimona is a shape-shifter, a monster, a misunderstood hellion with a heart of gold.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2023

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 • Nov. 27, 2021

Among others, Kun encounters his great-grandfather as a motorcycle-riding young rebel, his own mother as a youthful hellion, and, most perplexing of all, his own sister Marai as an engaging “Marai from the future” teenager.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2018

Nene was a 4-year-old Brazilian hellion often being told no-no, “probably causing trouble with other kids in day care.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2014

Only that she was, in her words: a hellion, who was shuttled from one unhappy foster situation to another.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson