How to Use trickster in a Sentence

trickster

noun
  • Like the tricksters of myth, there’s depth to their slyness.
    — Big Think, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Yet this wise fool and trickster cannot be pinned down so easily.
    — Perin Gürel, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
  • In other words, they were put pulling a little trickster move.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Think more smokey eye than the trickster demon’s shoe polish look.
    — Them, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Some are tricksters, and others are teachers.
    — Big Think, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Shelby is a trickster, the scene-stealer who always has a zinger.
    — Alamin Yohannes and Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Keep your heart open, but be mindful of tricksters and projection.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
  • Why would anyone expect anything less from the tricky trickster?
    — Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 22 June 2018
  • Gemini is known for its two faces and the ability to be a trickster.
    — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 27 May 2024
  • Loki is no longer a trickster, but a protector.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 30 Dec. 2025
  • However, the latter is revealed to be a ruse on the part of the trickster god.
    — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 6 May 2026
  • There are tricksters and hucksters and genial spouse-swappers.
    — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
  • Stardust says to be wary of this, since Mercury is often known as a trickster.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Iago, like Benedick, is a trickster only half a step ahead of his own conceit.
    — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Like his ancestors, once known as prairie wolves, as song dogs, as tricksters and gods, who emerged from the deserts and high plains.
    — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
  • While mild-mannered, Vince Staples is a trickster at his core.
    — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
  • African trickster god Anansi) had a very public falling-out with the show.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2021
  • While the serpent was vulnerable, the trickster god cut off his heads.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
  • Of course, this could be a cryptic little twist from that old trickster, Grammer.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 10 July 2021
  • That’s Odysseus—the wiliness, that idea of the cunning trickster.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 26 June 2022
  • The guides weave into their tour the mo’olelo, or stories of the trickster god Maui, as metaphors for their struggle.
    — Crystal Paul, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Apart from his activism, Clooney is also known far and wide for his eternal trickster spirit.
    — Washington Post, 19 June 2018
  • But bartering with the trickster Anansi always comes at a price.
    — al, 19 Sep. 2021
  • Raven, a trickster or transformer, is a key figure in Tlingit culture.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Akan stories often feature the trickster god and folk hero Anansi.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • But this isn’t the Irish actor’s first rodeo playing a murderous trickster.
    — Lisa De Los Reyes, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Memory is a fugitive, a trickster and a seducer — all the more so when movies are involved.
    — Washington Post, 9 June 2022
  • She's even played trickster and used wigs to experiment with lighter styles since as far back as 2009.
    — Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Jenna Bush Hager and Hoda Kotb have quite the tricksters on their hands.
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2023
  • One trickster drew the woman to her backyard Saturday, but something didn’t feel right to her.
    — Linda Trischitta, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 Oct. 2017

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