How to Use naughty in a Sentence

naughty

adjective

• She gave him a naughty smile.
• What works: The cast is a strong one, and there are naughty laughs to be had.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 16 June 2017
• This is just to say that most, if not all, of the humor is of the fifth-grade-boy, naughty, potty variety.
  — Mark Rapp, cleveland.com, 22 June 2017
• Season two is a lot more twisted in a way, and just kind of naughtier and sexier.
  — Sami Knight, Teen Vogue, 4 Oct. 2017
• Your girlfriend should make an honest, respectful, naughty pass at her roommate.
  — Dan Savage, Chicago Reader, 4 Oct. 2017
• William reveals how Diana loved naughty greeting cards, and took great joy in sending them to her son at boarding school.
  — Julie Miller, HWD, 24 July 2017
• Mila then claims Ashton is going to get laid for saying that, or at least get something that was naughty enough to be bleeped.
  — Abby Draper, baltimoresun.com, 30 May 2017
• Early visitors to the Playboy Club picked up on its heady dynamic of naughty and nice.
  — Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2017
• And let it not be lost on anyone that whatever else may be evolving in her world, Taylor Swift is still keeping close tabs on who’s naughty, and who’s nice.
  — Randy Lewis, latimes.com, 24 Aug. 2017
• However, this year, looks were statuesque or shrunken and a tad more naughty (hello Paris Jackson in barely there Dior) than nice.
  — Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2017
• Maria says that Driss Oukabir hung around with the gamberros, the naughty kids at school who played pranks and skipped class but never did anything seriously bad.
  — Darren Loucaides, Slate Magazine, 6 Sep. 2017
• Graffiti, with its gritty, garish colors and naughty vibe, increasingly is being embraced by mainstream cultural groups.
  — Will Higgins, Indianapolis Star, 5 Oct. 2017
• Here are the CEOs who screwed up bad enough to rise to the top of my 2019 naughty list.
  — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 17 Dec. 2019
• Apple turns a blind eye to many of the naughty habits of apps.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
• Quick bite of roast beef, with a naughty side of French fries.
  — David Jefferys, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2018
• Then came a naughty plan to try to sneak the C-word onto the show.
  — Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2021
• The bedside lamps were shackled to the walls—a naughty touch.
  — Audrey Phoon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Feb. 2018
• Some are naughty, some are nice, but all of them are well worth a read.
  — Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2023
• Turning the ball over is one of the fastest ways to land atop John Fox’s naughty list.
  — Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, 18 Dec. 2017
• So the decision to avoid the naughty school-girl vibe was wise.
  — Cara Kelly, USA TODAY, 13 July 2018
• While one cooked, the other watched out for the naughty elephants.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2023
• There was the time viewers complained about all the naughty puns.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2019
• In more recent times, kids have been both naughty and nice.
  — Jay Jones, chicagotribune.com, 25 Nov. 2020
• The Pynk is a magnet for dreams, and not only naughty ones.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2022
• Santa could not be reached to comment on whether the man had been added to the naughty list.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2019
• One list is his record of those children who have been nice, and the other, the naughty ones.
  — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2020
• But in the morning, the couple emerged from the goathouse as flushed and giddy as naughty teenagers.
  — Lisa Wells, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023
• That was the quickest way to end up on Jordan's naughty list.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 18 May 2020
• Some might call this outfit more naughty than nice for Christmas Eve.
  — Leah Marilla Thomas, Glamour, 26 Dec. 2023
• As for the song’s naughtier lyrics, Rodrigo did her own self-censoring.
  — Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Sep 2024