Examples of practical joke in a Sentence

One of the children filled the sugar bowl with salt as a practical joke. friends had left the risqué message on his voice mail as a practical joke

Recent Examples on the Web Novak starred on Punk'd, Ashton Kutcher's practical joke show, as one of the actors who helped perpetrate pranks against unsuspecting celebrities. — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 July 2022 To welcome Craig Melvin back to the Today show on May 17, after being out sick with a breakthrough case of COVID-19, Al decided to employ a little practical joke. — Rebecca Norris, Good Housekeeping, 20 May 2022 The disguise played a superbly Tuscan practical joke on his unwitting hosts. — Ingrid D. Rowland, The New York Review of Books, 13 May 2021 The disguise played a superbly Tuscan practical joke on his unwitting hosts. — Ingrid D. Rowland, The New York Review of Books, 13 May 2021 The disguise played a superbly Tuscan practical joke on his unwitting hosts. — Ingrid D. Rowland, The New York Review of Books, 13 May 2021 The idea goes back to a practical joke team members often play on a new bat boy. — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 30 June 2021 The card game, more a practical joke, is when a dealer creates the false impression of a legitimate game and then simply throws the deck into the air and instructs players to pick up the cards. — AZCentral.com, 28 June 2021 All of a sudden, the party was over—my dad’s greatest practical joke was kaput. — Gregg Opelka, WSJ, 18 June 2021 See More

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“Practical joke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/practical%20joke. Accessed 12 Aug. 2022.

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