How to Use antic in a Sentence

antic

1 of 2 noun

• Nathan is up to here with his antics.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2026
• Swift watched, clapped and laughed at his antics.
  — Pj Green may 23, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2026
• Smith, of course, heard about the antics and vowed to get his revenge.
  — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 19 Apr. 2023
• Some of the hosts have seemed eager to get back to their wee-hours antics.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 Sep. 2023
• Her phone is now filled with everyday clips of his antics.
  — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
• Ozzy knew his antics would stick with fans after his passing.
  — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026
• And then there are the signature events, with on and off the field antics.
  — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
• But the Waymo’s antics weren’t over yet.
  — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 14 Jan. 2026
• Through all the antics and all that stuff that people see, 50 is smart.
  — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 June 2026
• Iwai’s race was run as a par was not enough to take her into the antics of an extra hole.
  — Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 12 July 2026
• His outside-the-school antics have been ridiculous.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
• But the rapper does not seem to be bothered by any backlash for his antics.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• There are more than a few examples of coaches who take their antics too far.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
• Our trip was subdued compared to their antics, but my chart had never felt so alive.
  — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
• Paul’s antics weren’t finished.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
• Pratt’s outrageous on-screen antics placed him at the center of many feuds.
  — Louis Staples, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
• Her fans come for the jester-like antics and spectacle onstage.
  — Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2026
• TikTok users couldn't get enough of Steve's antics.
  — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
• Its offstage antics don’t rhyme with what happens during the shows.
  — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
• There’s a good reason for his antics, said Harmon.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
• But, instead of getting off, the pup just moves the camera away and goes on with his antics.
  — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
• Freya's journey is just as remarkable as her antics.
  — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
• But Ali’s antics in Manila had a more vicious edge.
  — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
• Our antics got sillier with each passing stop.
  — New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
• The Browns either never heard about those antics or were not worried about them.
  — Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2023
• Most left his service slandered by him and disgusted by his antics.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 22 Dec. 2023
• That said… The main concern is that the new kids on the block seem compelled to record and share their antics.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
• Nary one of us has the bandwidth for her attention-seeking antics.
  — Bridgette Bartlett Royall, Essence, 30 Jan. 2026
• His antics prepped him for a career in comedy, though not as much getting called up from the bench.
  — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2026
• These are the oblivious yet graceful antics of a living ghost.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024

antic

2 of 2 adjective

• Even the best casts can flail when the vibe is more antic than comic.
  — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
• Lucy was a clown who expressed an antic inner world that women could see themselves in.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Dec. 2021
• The antic scenes aren’t stealing from that kind of scene, and that kind of scene isn’t stealing from the comedy.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2022
• Perhaps Johnson’s remark about soaps is her private wink — this antic romp is a soap of sorts, one with age-old themes.
  — Washington Post, 21 June 2021
• But Waititi's brand of antic fizziness wouldn't really be right for what is in many ways a tragedy.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 29 June 2021
• The clamor of death in this untamed landscape is both sexualized and antic.
  — Anne Enright, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2020
• Don't miss one showstopping shot, monster dunk, or ankle-breaking antic.
  — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026
• Eleanor Bron and William Daniels show up at just the perfect time for some antic comic relief.
  — Washington Post, 31 July 2021
• While the picture book of the same name is quiet and muted, this movie is hilariously antic.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2022
• And Weaving excels in the both the antic and ferocious extremes.
  — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 19 Aug. 2019
• Antic effects-laden car chases in town and country ensue, leading to a tender climax.
  — Andy Webster, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2017
• And yet it’s made with exuberance, an embrace of the absurd and antic, undaunted joy.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
• Everything is lit up, glowing, brooding with antic calamity.
  — Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
• Everything is lit up, glowing, brooding with antic calamity.
  — Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
• Like most sitcom material, the antic is borrowed from real life.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
• When a magnetism mishap takes place, however, the ooze starts engaging in an antic, claymation dance.
  — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 6 Feb. 2018
• In Murray, Reitman found his muse, his antic lazy-bones hero, his ironic anti-rebel.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 Feb. 2022
• Wilde’s Angela is expressive and antic; Rogen’s Joe is sullen and snarky.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
• Walter Brennan brings antic humor and tender poignancy to the role of the tycoon’s longtime friend.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2020
• Jesse, my new neighbor, moved in with his family and an antic something-doodle in early summer, after the cold fear of the first wave had passed.
  — Susan Dominus, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2020
• The campaign became so antic and bizarre that one of the debates was hosted by the Game Show Network.
  — New York Times, 6 May 2021
• DeGeneres has always straddled the line between light and dark, between antic fun and snappish charisma.
  — Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2022
• And Reynolds is still very much on brand in his familiar screen mode as the antic joker who serves up one-liners like they're being pinged from a ball machine.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2021
• But Wilson’s mission turns out to be outwitting the trauma-plot trap, and doing that with antic energy.
  — Stephanie Hayes, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2022
• The sketch showcases Burnett at her sharpest and most antic during her earliest years on TV.
  — Tom Keogh, The Seattle Times, 9 Oct. 2018
• DeBeauvoir relied on Ben, her polymath husband, as a sounding board and a source of antic brainstorms.
  — Benjamin Wofford, Wired, 15 Sep. 2020
• But the antic chemistry among Mann, Cena and Barinholtz is stellar.
  — Jake Coyle, kansascity, 5 Apr. 2018
• His antic ads for the Little Caesars pizza chain included one in which a pizza box turns into a pterodactyl.
  — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2021
• Blaschke, who is an antic presence on set—fussing with lights, checking angles—filmed almost the entire sequence in a straight line, with a camera mounted on top of a car.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022
• The Harmonists’ unusual melding of precise harmonies and antic humor vaulted them to fame.
  — Julia M. Klein, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022