How to Use prankish in a Sentence
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Angela Balogh Calin’s costumes prepare the way for Ionesco’s prankish jokes.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Yet, the prankish tone keeps Grace from having much of a personality, other than a rebellious screw this.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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Caltech is a sort of nerd Valhalla, where brilliant and creative youngsters study and engage in prankish mischief.
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Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
26 Apr. 2026
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The catastrophies that our heroine averts are awfully small potatoes — a bulldozer running amok, an amusement park ride speeding out of control, some prankish teenagers scheming to turn the girl’s shower into a steambath.
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Arthur Knight,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
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Still, at its best, Needle Guy applies Brady’s prankish energy to unsettling inversions of his inspirations.
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Colin Joyce,
Pitchfork,
25 Mar. 2026
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