How to Use mischievous in a Sentence

mischievous

adjective

• Young and old fell under the spell of his mischievous charm.
  — courant.com, 30 Oct. 2019
• His and Kate's five-year-old son, Prince George, runs past the camera in a mischievous cameo.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Mar. 2019
• Meanwhile, Calvin must get to the bottom of Calvin Jr.’s mischievous deeds.
  — Josie Howell | , al, 22 Mar. 2023
• And his mischievous smile was as renowned as his wit and humour.
  — Toby Shapshak, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
• One month to the day of her injury, Bueckers could smile, crack a mischievous joke here and there.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 1 Sep. 2022
• Temuri stopped me and motioned for my phone, then spoke with a mischievous smile.
  — Sebastian Modak, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2020
• And just like any good camper, Willis was a little mischievous on set.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 8 Apr. 2022
• So yeah, that movie could have done with a more mischievous sense of humour.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
• That look with a mischievous, loving grin that your friends and loved ones knew so well.
  — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
• This is where a very mischievous look appeared in David Bowie’s eyes.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 14 June 2023
• The way Bryan tells it, in the 1970s, Kathy was a single mom who’d found Jesus but still had a mischievous streak.
  — Adam Piore, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2023
• The duo have a fun, mischievous dynamic on set and off.
  — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 16 Jan. 2019
• But the mischievous mammal's mood soured the next morning.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 20 Aug. 2019
• This weird little cave, a mischievous sort of teenage, weirdo zone.
  — Margaret Farrell, SPIN, 12 Sep. 2024
• Younger sister Zahra is silent and mischievous, still a very young kid.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2019
• Steely, who retired in May 2003, had a mischievous side.
  — Bill Rankin, ajc, 31 Dec. 2020
• George Clooney is passing his mischievous side on to his kids.
  — Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 4 Oct. 2021
• The sequels crank up the festive chaos by adding a mischievous third look-alike into the mix.
  — Janey Tracey, EW.com, 29 Nov. 2024
• Her work is light and mischievous, if also, like the staging, short on grandeur.
  — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024
• There are the mischievous twin girls who end up locking them for hours on a balcony.
  — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 15 Oct. 2021
• Play as a mischievous raccoon who controls a hole in the ground that grows big enough to swallow the whole town.
  — Jessica Boddy, Popular Science, 7 Dec. 2020
• Kathryn Newton displays spunk and style as the mischievous Amy.
  — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 May 2018
• The cheeky clip was brushed aside by many as mischievous teasing between teammates at the time.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2023
• Michael asked a million questions, was a very mischievous kid and so much fun.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 11 Feb. 2022
• The couple also showed off their mischievous sides during the ride in.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Sep. 2019
• This was a mischievous question—and maybe, in a room stocked with Cody Johnson fans, a perilous one.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
• Princess Charlotte, who loves to dance, might be a mischievous middle child, though.
  — Megan Friedman, Good Housekeeping, 23 Apr. 2018
• Still, the 1940 Pinocchio does have a mischievous streak, along with his famed penchant for untruth.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2022
• Coyotes often mate for life and are good parents, a contradiction to popular culture’s idea of the desert wolf as mischievous and cunning villain.
  — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
• Bathed in a pink-pop glow, its pastiche of romance and horror collide in a viciously mischievous parable of technology and control that speaks to these most anxious times.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 3 Mar 2025