How to Use scamp in a Sentence

scamp

noun
  • Chasing those troublesome scamps around the block is a lot of work.
    — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Dogs were the reigning scamps in most households and were twice as likely as cats to cause damage.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024
  • Speaking of death, that scamp Herod was thinking about planning Cleopatra’s.
    — Anne Thériault, Longreads, 18 Dec. 2019
  • There’s not a single reality TV lunatic, soap opera scamp, or golfer.
    — Jason Gay, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2018
  • Grouper species open to harvest are gag, black, red, yellowmouth and yellowfin, along with related species scamp, red hind, rock hind, coney and graysby.
    — Kevin Wadlow, miamiherald, 30 Apr. 2017
  • As a result, Harvey has the audience on his side, ready to overlook his behavior as a lovable scamp.
    — Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The annual spawning season closure affects species such as black, gag, yellowfin, scamp, red and rock hind grouper, among others.
    — Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 28 Dec. 2025
  • But the little scamp made it out alive and well enough to continue playing with his little ball once on board the Mandalorian's ship.
    — Will Thorne, chicagotribune.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Lewis makes Allegra a horny scamp, and Olyphant’s Pete, the group ringleader, has a svelte savagery.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
  • One to watch is baritone Aaron Keeney, whose robust low register helps make the tattooed young butcher an intriguing scamp.
    — Rob Hubbard, Star Tribune, 24 May 2021
  • Our primary guide is Moonie, a precocious scamp played by newcomer Brooklynn Prince.
    — Chris Vognar, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2017
  • In the video, Mo, dressed as lovable scamp Aladdin, goes on a magic carpet rid (on a hoverboard, naturally) to pick up some fast food.
    — Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan, 29 Oct. 2015
  • Loki's number one fan, Mobius, scrolled through a couple of Loki variants while giving a presentation on the scamp's range early in the episode.
    — Leah Marilla Thomas, refinery29.com, 17 June 2021
  • McKelway, who wrote for the magazine from the nineteen-thirties to the sixties, specialized in true-crime stories, bringing to life a gallery of scamps and swindlers and impostors.
    — David Grann, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
  • His best friend, Ellis (Taylor Uttley), is a scamp who regards even a new widow’s grief as an opportunity to seduce.
    — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Our winsome scamp loves all women, from scullion to lady, though his heart belongs to the plucky Sophia, who is given can-do determination by Elena Wang.
    — Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 26 June 2017
  • In this re-telling Don Quixote, two scamps traveling through 16th-century Spain will tell the adventures of the chivalrous nobleman.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 21 June 2018
  • The kid behind everyone's favorite scamp, Kevin McCallister, grew up to be something of a trouble-maker himself.
    — Liam Berry, PEOPLE.com, 24 July 2017
  • The suave scamp buoys a ship taking on water, and the second and third episodes (of the eight-episode first season) pick up speed as their imagination balloons (thanks, in part, to director David Lowery).
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Byer has huge lovable-scamp energy and was definitely raised on the TGIF programming block, but the execution did her dirty.
    — Vulture, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Saturday’s workout offered a glimpse into Kapler’s philosophy for the short scamp and how the Giants are using the entire field in unorthodox ways to cram as much work in as short at time as possible.
    — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 4 July 2020
  • Here, Davis' rambunctious little scamp is back front and center — hanging with his Endor bestie Cindel, showing off his flawless English, burning his butt at one point… all the good stuff.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Eventually, a secret map to the fantastical dreamworld of Slumberland connects the girl to Flip, a lovable scamp who becomes her partner and guide on a journey to hopefully find her father once again.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Justin Bieber, the little scamp from across the northern border, might have worn a wedding band on the engagement finger while doing some laps in the West Village Thursday night, but he’s not getting married yet.
    — Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 22 June 2018
  • There was a brief flurry of excitement this week when Coritiba, a club in the Brazilian second division, announced that Neymar would be signing for them, but that turned out to be the result of some mischievous scamps who hacked their website.
    — Nick Miller, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Eventually, neighborhood scamps dropped down into the park's stone drainage channel, built in 1934 as a New Deal project and still the park's distinguishing feature, and followed it underground.
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 24 June 2024
  • Beloved baby brother, American [WWII bronze star veteran], husband, father of 4 strong women, [grandpa], adorable scamp, handsome devil, and trickster to the end.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 21 June 2026
  • Over eons of mythmaking, the 13th century bandit Robin Hood has evolved from a scamp adored by King Henry VIII to a symbol of sticking it to the rich.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • As her sibling Dorabella, Sarah Larsen not only has a wonderful combination of gentleness and power, but weaves the most compelling characterization onstage, the dutiful daughter morphing into a rebellious scamp.
    — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 15 July 2019
  • The history of The Little Rascals dates back to the 1920s, when a series of short films called our Our Gang introduced audiences to lovable scamps like Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, and Porky.
    — Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026

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