Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for monkeyshine
Noun
  • One trick to capture slugs is to lay a board down next to a row crop and check the underside in the morning to gather the slugs.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2025
  • Did any of those tips and tricks come in handy here?
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • The other person who spoke in South Carolina, Tim Walz, is a special mixture of extreme buffoonery and a mean spirit, which is a toxic brew.
    Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 1 June 2025
  • Certainly hope none of you will be complicit in this buffoonery.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston displays empty frames that once held masterpieces stolen in 1990 in a still-unsolved art caper.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 20 June 2025
  • Stir in zest, shallot, chives, capers, salt, and pepper.
    Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • The action anime feature for everyone who couldn’t get enough of the horseplay in The Two Towers has finally cantered onto Max.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Mike Vrabel’s back And the horseplay is going to stop, apparently.
    Josh Kendall, The Athletic, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • And the audience was eager to be swept away on another escapade with these stylish and scheming women.
    Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • After their escapades, the bear pair returned to their enclosure with the help of an expert keeper.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • The brand’s monkey business button-up collared shirt was worn by Blackpink’s Lisa in one of the opening scenes of the premiere episode.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 19 Feb. 2025
  • No side bets with them or other monkey business!
    Brady Dale, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • They got engaged on April Fool’s Day Matheson and Spencer got engaged on April 1, with a proposal that doubled as a practical joke.
    Avalon Hester, People.com, 26 June 2025
  • Kind, 68, reflected on one of his friend’s practical jokes on the June 9 episode of the Still Here Hollywood Podcast with Steve Kmetko.
    Victoria Edel, People.com, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • Tirhakah Love is a senior writer at New York Magazine and the host of the new evening newsletter Dinner Party, a daily email that touches on all things entertainment — that means film, television, music, tech, and gaming — plus politics and corporate clownery.
    Vulture, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The Winx Club live action is a big clownery!
    Olivia Truffaut-Wong, refinery29.com, 25 Jan. 2021
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“Monkeyshine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monkeyshine. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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