How to Use mischief in a Sentence

mischief

noun

• It's hard to keep him out of mischief.
• Some of the film is pure mischief.
  — Cheryl Cheng, HollywoodReporter, 29 Nov. 2025
• Even food isn’t safe from his mischief.
  — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
• The mischief is just all the way in there, and there's more to come.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2022
• That meant Hoover had a full four months to work is mischief.
  — Oliver Staley, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2020
• That leaves Trump with plenty of scope for mischief, or worse.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2020
• But the wives set about on a creative plot of revenge to end his mischief.
  — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2022
• The pet parent said the trio of pooches are known for causing mischief.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
• But Minogue re-emerged from under the stage with mischief on her mind.
  — Eric Webb, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
• In the meantime, your girl will have to court mischief to eat or go hungry.
  — Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
• There was nothing to do after school, so teen-agers found mischief.
  — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
• At 83, his bright blue eyes sparkled with little boy mischief.
  — J.d. Crowe | [email protected], al, 14 Mar. 2021
• By the finale, the god of mischief had honed his skills to control time at will.
  — Michaela Zee, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023
• Many of the demonstrators face mischief charges, and some have been jailed.
  — Daniel Funke, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2022
• North West is getting into some mischief while her mom is away.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
• Now his own children are known to get into a little mischief with their cousins!
  — Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, 4 Dec. 2021
• As a result, she was charged with one count of criminal mischief.
  — Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2025
• But this time, Mercury’s mischief takes it to a whole new level.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
• And what good mischief doesn't begin with a little sinful bite?
  — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
• The cards are then spread on a round table where Wind will sit and conjure his mischief.
  — David Segal, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2022
• He was charged with with burglary, two counts of criminal mischief, and breach of bail.
  — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026
• But what had once been raucous and raunchy mischief, was now benign horseplay.
  — Time, 30 Oct. 2025
• The second offense of mischief carries a jail term of up to two years, a fine, or both.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
• Cats are known for their mischief—but some instances of disarray are just not their fault.
  — Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
• The electric version starts the same, but that plaintive wail sounds more like a call to mischief.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
• Do poets lead more turbulent lives, or does our short form leave more time in the day for mischief?
  — Lauren Kane, The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug. 2023
• The mischief is minor but searching.
  — Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
• But where those projects carried a whiff of mischief, the new wave of trance feels like a more earnest and direct homage.
  — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2023
• She has been charged with first-degree felony criminal mischief.
  — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
• The cosmos is stirring up a little mischief tonight!
  — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025