high jinks
Example Sentences
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The “Sonic” and “Minecraft” films did their duty by hiring pretty good comedy writers to connect the gaming high jinks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
It makes for a strange tone throughout the film, that the congregation is so horrified by kids who are clearly hungry and fending for themselves, so it’s hard to laugh at their high jinks.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2024
Yet the comic high jinks, star-crossed lovers and long-lost relatives that pop up in his play “The Miser,” first produced in 1668, will be instantly familiar to anybody who has ever seen a Shakespeare comedy.
From New York Times • May 3, 2024
“Ain’t Got No Home,” which reached No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100, became Henry’s signature hit and definitively captured his humor and his vocal high jinks.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024
Smith’s high jinks with the press and Seabiscuit’s recent history of scratches had come back to haunt him.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
