How to Use troublemaker in a Sentence

troublemaker

noun

• He had the reputation of being a troublemaker in high school.
• Read has played the troublemaker part on and off over the last decade.
  — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
• Daryl, that troublemaker, shows up at the wake.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
• This kind of chaos is fine for a fringe party of troublemakers.
  — Anne-Elisabeth Moutet, CNN, 8 May 2017
• And then there’s that bag stuffed with cash and drugs, the real troublemaker.
  — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
• If parents can’t keep their troublemakers in check, no one can.
  — Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
• Malala Yousafzai is a bit of a troublemaker.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
• Hunter is more flighty, the troublemaker who’s driving him crazy.
  — Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 May 2017
• For a long time now, glass has been the class troublemaker in a recycling bin.
  — Michael Taylor, ExpressNews.com, 4 Oct. 2019
• While her son is bright, and likes math, he is considered a troublemaker at his school.
  — Sharon Broussard, cleveland.com, 31 Jan. 2018
• In some countries, the question would land you in a dossier of troublemakers.
  — Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 17 July 2017
• Sometimes there’s a kid who is labeled a ‘troublemaker’ who just needs to be heard.
  — Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
• My older brother was a troublemaker, so there’s no hope for me.
  — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 18 Apr. 2025
• Cattelan is known as a prankster, troublemaker, or troll in the art realm.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 1 May 2023
• And when women come forward, they are called liars and troublemakers.
  — Isaac Chotiner, Slate Magazine, 19 Oct. 2017
• There’s nothing new about tiny troublemakers being pushed out of preschools.
  — Erin Einhorn, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2019
• Research shows that black boys are much more likely to be labeled as troublemakers than white boys.
  — Dahleen Glanton, chicagotribune.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• Welles certainly looked the part as the knight and troublemaker, but gave him a cunning edge too.
  — CNN, 14 Jan. 2022
• Mindy Kaling once called me a Loki, like a bit of a troublemaker.
  — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
• Other frequent troublemakers like ants and flies come in through cracks around doors and windows.
  — Lori Keong, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023
• He is woven through so many of the tales as the friend, the rescuer, the troublemaker, or sometimes all three!
  — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 22 Aug. 2021
• Abigail Echo-Hawk can’t even count how many times she’s been called a troublemaker.
  — Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS, 24 Sep. 2020
• They may be passed up for promotions or labeled as troublemakers.
  — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
• Your main character is also called a troublemaker at one point in the story.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2022
• Congressman John Lewis is a troublemaker in the best sense of the word.
  — Taiia Smart Young, Essence, 1 July 2020
• And why was the inflatable snowman called out like that—Frosty is no troublemaker!
  — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 19 Nov. 2019
• The misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes, the ones who see things differently.
  — Benny Har-Even, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
• As night fell, small, mobile groups of troublemakers combed the city, burning trash bags, lamp posts and other objects.
  — Elaine Ganley, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2023
• Repression can come from the left or the right, and the outcome is never good for troublemakers or their victims.
  — WSJ, 10 Aug. 2018
• Climate troublemaker El Niño can cause heat waves, droughts and flooding around the world.
  — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026