naughty

Example Sentences

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"We can be naughty, we can be mischievous, we can be cheeky, we can have fun, we can have great banter too," he says.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

My dad says when I was a child, he took me to the country club one Sunday after church and I began misbehaving—knocking stuff over, throwing rolls and being naughty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Still, with the help of Wall Street, it’s possible to develop a Santa-like list of nice and naughty names.

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

“Anti-semitism is not just naughty, it’s immoral,” Carlson said.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2025

It served him right because he had been so monstrously naughty.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder