How to Use prankster in a Sentence

prankster

noun
  • Some prankster god has a mild grudge against me or something.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Don’t try to be a hero, don’t try to be a prankster amongst your friends.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Rock is a prankster and big gambler who thrives on taking risks.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Fraser is also known as a prankster.
    — Claire Zillman, Fortune, 27 May 2026
  • At first, the prankster wasn’t going to let Ben in on the joke.
    — Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland.com, 7 Aug. 2019
  • According to the prankster, his marks weren’t even that miffed.
    — Fox News, 16 June 2017
  • Jim was a prankster, and some of his pranks are famously known in the area.
    — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
  • But take a step back, and some of these guys truly respect a great prankster at work.
    — Joe Boozell, ajc, 7 Nov. 2017
  • The best pranksters are storytellers.
    — Literary Hub, 25 July 2025
  • For rule-followers like me, the prankster types were a nightmare.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 7 June 2025
  • For pranksters of a certain age, Fraser Smeaton is a hero.
    — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Some of what the pranksters say or do for the sake of a gag skirts credibility.
    — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
  • But look out Ashton Kutcher, there’s a new prankster in town.
    — Tara Edwards, refinery29.com, 15 June 2019
  • For that, Americans can thank the long line of pranksters who came before us.
    — Lesley Bannatyne, Smithsonian, 27 Oct. 2017
  • But this time, the prank has resulted in backlash against the pranksters themselves.
    — Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 15 Oct. 2018
  • Yet on his Bitcoin joyride, the merry prankster’s got no more control than a drunk at the wheel.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 12 May 2022
  • Known as a prankster with a penchant for great quotes, Burdette would have been a fan favorite in any era.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Quite the prankster, Valastro closed out the hilarious video with a wink.
    — Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The law’s passage followed a Ukrainian prankster’s hoax that built on a real tragedy.
    — Stanislav Budnitsky, The Conversation, 19 Apr. 2022
  • More than the average day, April Fools' Day is for the pranksters and jokesters.
    — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • There are also a lot of pranksters, who love to use Photoshop to spread this idea that cougars are all over the place.
    — National Geographic, 22 May 2016
  • But every time the cones were removed from the statue, they were promptly replaced with new ones by pranksters.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • The next day Plawecki blamed the incident on clubhouse pranksters.
    — Manny Navarro, miamiherald, 1 June 2017
  • The pranksters recruited their 14-year-old friend and are seen traversing Kroger.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The prankster, dressed in a black suit, then appeared from the opposite side of the audience and ran up the stairs to join them.
    — Variety, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Cops released the images over the weekend in the hopes that someone recognizes the pranksters.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 May 2026
  • Always the prankster, Hernández grabbed the groin of third-base coach Dino Ebel on his trot.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Middle-of-the-night pranksters often use the metal surf spray around the boy's board as climbing holds and that's worn them to the breaking point.
    — Barbara Henry, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Sep. 2017
  • The above is a quote from Cesc Fabregas, when quizzed on who the biggest pranksters he's ever played with were.
    — SI.com, 17 June 2018
  • At a news conference toward the end of Blatter’s reign, a prankster showered him with banknotes.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

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