How to Use shenanigan in a Sentence

shenanigan

noun
  • But this is just a taste of all the shenanigans that went down.
    Allie Gemmill, Teen Vogue, 5 Apr. 2019
  • Get ready for a whole lot of these shenanigans this year.
    David Meyer, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2024
  • And thank you, Juan, for putting up with all my shenanigans.
    Fox News, 10 July 2018
  • But some neighbors are fed up with the shenanigans that come with the race.
    Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
  • Watch all the Hot Girl Fall shenanigans go down in the clip below.
    Cady Lang, Time, 24 Sep. 2019
  • To watch all the shenanigans take place, tune in live or watch for free tonight with Fubo.
    oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Even with all the shenanigans that have ensued since then, he's still got to be top five in the world.
    SI.com, 8 July 2019
  • This shenanigan seems like a blend that could stick: Scotch Whisky by Scotch Brand.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Radar is a weekly roundup of theme park shifts and shenanigans.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2023
  • There are even more shenanigans to look forward to: a sequel is on the way.
    ELLE, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The quiz shenanigans played out on the morning of the third night of the Greatest of All Time championship.
    Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Democrats argued in court that could lead to shenanigans.
    Jim Morrill and Anne Blythe, charlotteobserver, 4 July 2018
  • Plus, there’s plenty of adorable shenanigans, of course.
    Danny Horn, EW.com, 10 July 2024
  • Of course, the win didn’t happen without a lot of shenanigans from the other members of The Club.
    Aaron Oster, baltimoresun.com, 15 July 2019
  • The shenanigans were made for Instagram and TikTok, the platforms that spread word about the event in the first place.
    Patricia Mazzei Jason Andrew, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The water woes here have grown to be as much a part of the state’s lore and legend as swamp tours and spring-break shenanigans.
    T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 6 Dec. 2019
  • Amid the cute critter shenanigans, this one has plenty of lessons for the parents.
    Mark Kennedy, Houston Chronicle, 6 June 2019
  • The frat boys move in next door and quickly start shenanigans on the block with their partying.
    EW.com, 5 July 2024
  • Instead, shenanigans break out, the dialogue heads for the ham (to go with the cheese), and the gang winds up spending a night in jail.
    Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2019
  • The only pertinent point is that for you the Wild West shenanigans are too much.
    R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 8 July 2024
  • Floribama Shore is back — and from the looks of it, the roomies are jumping right back into their old shenanigans.
    Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • With WrestleMania just weeks away, the goofy Gronkowski could crash the show again and get mixed up in more shenanigans.
    Dan Gelston, The Seattle Times, 25 Mar. 2019
  • The event is open to all car clubs and is for show only - no racing, burnouts or other shenanigans.
    Houston Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2020
  • But that doesn't even come close to the shenanigans that befell Chrissy Teigen and John Legend last night.
    Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 10 Apr. 2019
  • At the time, fans chalked it up to typical open-world shenanigans: when a game is this large, there’s no telling what can go wrong.
    Patricia Hernandez, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2018
  • But perhaps Rodgers didn’t have many suitors in the NFC who were willing to put up with his shenanigans.
    Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
  • In the 2009 episode, Zack, Cody and their friends dock in the Italian capital to take a break from their cruise ship school shenanigans.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • If one of the questions the season 3 finale left you with was whether or not the show will return with more shenanigans, rest easy.
    Ashley Hoffman, Time, 4 May 2020
  • Cue the rom-com shenanigans, globetrotting action and A-list flirting.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
  • And meteorology majors, my friends and I, enjoyed poking fun at some of the weather shenanigans that took place in the movie.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 16 July 2024

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