How to use "mischievous" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "mischievous" in popular movie and book plots

  • In a particularly comical scene, he is frightened by the sight of a "ghost" rigged up by the mischievous twins.  - The Canterville Ghost
  • The play is set in motion by the mischievous Pan, who speaks the prologue and whose personality dominates the play.  - Dyskolos
  • Meanwhile, Showboat has been out looking for Kid & Play for his money but gets sidetracked briefly by Kid's mischievous cousins.  - House Party 3
  • Lucien fancies the mischievous young bride Rose, but lets her brutal husband beat her in the street unchallenged.  - Coup de Torchon
  • The first publisher to whom Fyodor submits his manuscript rejects it as a “reckless, antisocial, mischievous improvisation.  - The Gift (Nabokov novel)
  • The mischievous mermaids delight in tormenting Wendy but flee in terror at the sight of Hook.  - Peter Pan (1953 film)
  • The first chapter of the game, "The Outset", introduces Ark, a mischievous boy who lives in Crysta, the only village in the under world.  - Terranigma
  • The protagonist of the series is Andy Larkin, a mischievous youth and the self-proclaimed "world's greatest prankster".  - What's with Andy?
  • The plot centers on a young and mischievous Wong Fei-hung (sometimes dubbed as "Freddie Wong").  - Drunken Master
  • Jack assigns Lock, Shock and Barrel, a trio of mischievous trick-or-treating children, to abduct Santa and bring him back to Halloween Town.  - The Nightmare Before Christmas
  • The book begins with a mischievous four-year-old Wright setting fire to his grandmother's house and continues in that vein.  - Black Boy
  • Mombi tells Tip that she intends to transform him into a marble statue to punish him for his mischievous ways.  - The Marvelous Land of Oz
  • Makoto has a mischievous side and constantly plays pranks on Yuichi.  - Kanon (visual novel)
  • While growing up, Omar becomes mischievous and learns hypnosis.  - Shame (Rushdie novel)
  • Despite a few mishaps, including several mischievous escaped monkeys, he manages to survive the experience.  - The Circus (film)
  • To cope with her loneliness, Amélie develops an active imagination and a mischievous personality.  - Amélie

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