How to Use scamp in a Sentence

scamp

noun
  • That might be too much, even for a scamp like Mark Gatiss.
    Joanna Robinson, VanityFair.com, 5 Jan. 2017
  • The four-legged scamp was also nearly blind from the wash.
    Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 24 June 2019
  • One is a queen, one is a baker, one is a mischievous scamp.
    Rachel Handler, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Chasing those troublesome scamps around the block is a lot of work.
    Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Her affect evokes old-timey words — scamp, scapegrace, minx.
    New York Times, 22 July 2021
  • Figaro, our title character, is still a bit of a scamp.
    Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Nov. 2019
  • Speaking of death, that scamp Herod was thinking about planning Cleopatra’s.
    Anne Thériault, Longreads, 18 Dec. 2019
  • But the little scamp made it out alive and well enough to continue playing with his little ball once on board the Mandalorian's ship.
    Will Thorne, chicagotribune.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • As a result, Harvey has the audience on his side, ready to overlook his behavior as a lovable scamp.
    Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • There’s not a single reality TV lunatic, soap opera scamp, or golfer.
    Jason Gay, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2018
  • Grouper species open to harvest are gag, black, red, yellowmouth and yellowfin, along with related species scamp, red hind, rock hind, coney and graysby.
    Kevin Wadlow, miamiherald, 30 Apr. 2017
  • She’s the child of a single mother, then an orphan, then a thieving scamp on the London streets, and then, with no visible training, a couturier.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 28 May 2021
  • In the video, Mo, dressed as lovable scamp Aladdin, goes on a magic carpet rid (on a hoverboard, naturally) to pick up some fast food.
    Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan, 29 Oct. 2015
  • In this re-telling Don Quixote, two scamps traveling through 16th-century Spain will tell the adventures of the chivalrous nobleman.
    Anchorage Daily News, 21 June 2018
  • One to watch is baritone Aaron Keeney, whose robust low register helps make the tattooed young butcher an intriguing scamp.
    Rob Hubbard, Star Tribune, 24 May 2021
  • Loki's number one fan, Mobius, scrolled through a couple of Loki variants while giving a presentation on the scamp's range early in the episode.
    Leah Marilla Thomas, refinery29.com, 17 June 2021
  • Justin Bieber, the little scamp from across the northern border, might have worn a wedding band on the engagement finger while doing some laps in the West Village Thursday night, but he’s not getting married yet.
    Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 22 June 2018
  • Our winsome scamp loves all women, from scullion to lady, though his heart belongs to the plucky Sophia, who is given can-do determination by Elena Wang.
    Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 26 June 2017
  • Our primary guide is Moonie, a precocious scamp played by newcomer Brooklynn Prince.
    Chris Vognar, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Most of the production was filmed on location in Berlin, and the long tracking exteriors along cobbled streets with vintage cars, passenger trams, and scamps begging for coins are dazzling.
    Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2018
  • The kid behind everyone's favorite scamp, Kevin McCallister, grew up to be something of a trouble-maker himself.
    Liam Berry, PEOPLE.com, 24 July 2017
  • Saturday’s workout offered a glimpse into Kapler’s philosophy for the short scamp and how the Giants are using the entire field in unorthodox ways to cram as much work in as short at time as possible.
    Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 4 July 2020
  • Because a leathery little scamp like E.T. is lovable only in the uninhibited mind of a child; fear, distrust, and paranoia are born of experience and disappointment.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 May 2022
  • As her sibling Dorabella, Sarah Larsen not only has a wonderful combination of gentleness and power, but weaves the most compelling characterization onstage, the dutiful daughter morphing into a rebellious scamp.
    Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 15 July 2019
  • That might be too much, even for a scamp like Mark Gatiss.
    Joanna Robinson, VanityFair.com, 5 Jan. 2017
  • The four-legged scamp was also nearly blind from the wash.
    Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 24 June 2019
  • One is a queen, one is a baker, one is a mischievous scamp.
    Rachel Handler, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Chasing those troublesome scamps around the block is a lot of work.
    Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Her affect evokes old-timey words — scamp, scapegrace, minx.
    New York Times, 22 July 2021
  • Figaro, our title character, is still a bit of a scamp.
    Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Nov. 2019

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