Mischievous Sentence Examples

An idea brought a mischievous smile to her lips.

After an awkward silence, she glanced up at him with a mischievous smile.

Her mischievous blue eyes sought her father first and then her grandmother.

If she does not know the answer to a question, she guesses with mischievous assurance.

It was set on fire by mischievous boys, one Election night, if I do not mistake.

No other Magyar king, perhaps, was so mischievous to his country.

To this extent monism is justified; but it becomes mischievous if it prompts us to ignore important differences in facts as they present themselves to our intelligence.

And the same mischievous smile lingered for a long time on her face as if it had been forgotten there.

The idea of the god of love in Roman poetry is due to the influence of Alexandrian poets and artists, in whose hands he degenerated into a mischievous boy with essentially human characteristics.

Petya was a big handsome boy of thirteen, merry, witty, and mischievous, with a voice that was already breaking.

Plutarch (Pericles, II) suggests that Pericles by this means rid the city of the idle and mischievous loafers; but it would appear that the cleruchs were selected by lot, and in any case a wise policy would not deliberately entrust important military duties to recognized wastrels.

Alex had a mischievous twinkle in his eyes that toyed with the smile on his lips.

Asa Loki was a being of mixed race, half god, half giant, and wholly mischievous and evil.

But the Wendish pirates were more mischievous because less amenable to civilization than the Vikings.

She offered one of her warm smiles and approached him, looking up at him with a mischievous twinkle in her gaze.

The match was an unhappy one, owing partly to incompatibility of temper, but still more to the mischievous interference of the jealous queen-mother.

In his eyes, institutions, customs, systems, so long as they had not become actively mischievous, were good because they were old.

Hairsplitting, even when mischievous in intent, leads to distinctions of value.

She enriched herself at the expense of the state, corrupted society, degraded the clergy, and in her later years was universall y detested for her mischievous meddling, inexhaustible greed, and.

The forms of worship were known to be trivial or mischievous, the myths unworthy or immoral.

There you'll find everything from an evil fairy to a mischievous one.

It may have been that the sophists' preference of seeming to reality, of success to truth, had a mischievous effect upon the morality of the time; but it is clear that they had no common theory of ethics, and there is no warrant for the assumption that a sophist, as such, specially interested himself in ethical questions.

It frequents cultivated situations, and is the most mischievous enemy of the villager.

Their mother was sure that left alone, the twins would hatch a mischievous plan.

A conspicuous example of the incalculable evil wrought by lack of integration is well seen in the radical divorce of surgery from medicine, which is one of the most mischievous legacies of the middle ages - one whose mischief is scarcely yet fully recognized, and yet which is so deeply rooted in our institutions, in the United Kingdom at any rate, as to be hard to obliterate.

Still later, he was induced by the machinations of some of the prelates who haunted his court, and by the influence of Theodora, herself much interested in theological questions, and more than suspected of Monophysitism, to raise a needless, mischievous, and protracted controversy.

Anything more, every new distinction, is mischievous.

To this supposed residence at Meudon and to the previous stay at Rome, however, are attached two of the most mischievous items of the legend, though fortunately two of the most easily refutable.

In new countries especially the diversion of industry from its natural development cannot but be mischievous, wrong manufactures and industries being set up at the expense of the whole community, instead of those manufactures and industries which would be most profitable.

This system is mischievous, since, if a few consecutive bad seasons occur, the farmer moves to some more favoured spot; while, on the other hand, a succession of good years tends to increase rents.

Depretis, anxious only to avoid a policy of adventure, let slip whatever opportunity may have presented itself, and neglected even to deal energetically with the impotent but mischievous Italian agitation for a rectification of the Italo-Austrian frontier.

Though aware of Bismarcks hostility towards Italy, of the conclusion of the Austro-German alliance of 1879, and of the undisguised ill-will of France, Italy not only made no attempt to crush an agitation as mischievous as it was futile, but granted a state funeral to General Avezzana, president of the Irredentist League.

These events, although far more mischievous in the brain, the functions of which are far-reaching, and the collateral circulation of which is ill-provided, are seen very commonly in other parts.

Within Voltaire there was always a mischievous and ill-behaved child; and he was never more mischievous, more ill-behaved and more childish than in these years.

Tradition centres rather upon the fox (kitsune) and the badger (mujina), which are credited with supernatural powers, the former being worshipped as the messenger of the harvest god, while the latter is regarded as a mischievous rollicker.

This is the first existence of the mischievous principle de prestanda obedientia, subsequently elevated into a statute.

The most mischievous of the ancient abuses, the elective monarchy and the liberum veto, were of course retained.

His father died in 1841, and young Dwight, a mischievous independent boy, got a scanty schooling.

Under Greek influence he was identified with Pan, and just as there was supposed to be a number of Panisci, so the existence of many Fauni was assumed - misshapen and mischievous goblins of the forest, with pointed ears, tails and goat's feet, who loved to torment sleepers with hideous nightmares.

The Danish monarchy since the days of Margaret had continued to be purely elective; and a purely elective monarchy at that stage of the political development of Europe was a mischievous anomaly.

The news supplied was meagre and inappropriate, and it did not take long for mischievous results to accrue, and the official mind was at first disposed to blame the Press for what was wrong in the " publicity " of the moment.

Finally, the practice of rhetoric and eristic, which presently became prominent in sophistical teaching, had, or at any rate seemed to have, a mischievous effect upon conduct; and the charge of seeking, whether in exposition or in debate, not truth but victory - which charge was impressively urged against the sophists by Plato - grew into an accusation of holding and teaching immoral and unsocial doctrines, and in our own day has been the subject of eager controversy.

I can see nothing which will put a stop to this mischievous propaganda but some striking proof of the intention of Her Majesty's government nDt to be ousted from its position in South Africa.

The penal laws against the Catholics, the iniquitous restrictions on Irish trade and industry, the selfish factiousness 'of the parliament, the jobbery and corruption of administration, the absenteeism of the landlords, and all the other too familiar elements of that mischievous and fatal system, were then in full force.

The king, more ponderous and irresolute every day, vacillated MeetIng ol between Necker the liberal on one side and Marie Antoinette, whose feminine pride was opposed to any concessions, with the comte dArtois, a mischievous nobody who could neither choose a side nor stick to one, on the other.

Before we can be said to know all that we might regarding this most interesting of lakes further extensive scientific observations are necessary; but these are extremely difficult owing to the impossibility of maintaining self-registering instruments in a region practically closed to Europeans for nearly half the year by the stifling heat, and inhabited only by Bedouins, who are the worst kind of ignorant, thievish and mischievous savages.

Came back with part of her hair green where a mischievous imp had slept.

Margot herself, a mischievous sprite, is in for a sharp pull-up from Miss Annersley.

Willis is the voice of a mischievous con-artist raccoon named R.J., and Shandling voices a timid turtle named Verne.

There's Manfred, a depressed wooly mammoth, Sid, an amusing sloth and Diego, a mischievous sabre-toothed tiger.

They must be pitilessly unmasked in all their mischievous emptiness.

However, I met him on Thursday, and he seems totally unruffled and mischievous as ever!

Often extreme, even mischievous in language with a sardonic wit, his actions were gentler than his words as his letters show.

Stockroom assistant Sylvia Ruston said the mischievous ghost had been particularly active in the last few weeks, revealing itself more than ever before.

However, I met him on Thursday, and he seems totally unruffled and mischievous as ever !

The four wolfish dogs were so startled by the whirr, that their spirits were roused to the mischievous point.

Launched in 2004, Britney Spears Curious perfume is a floral blend of white flowers, vanilla and musk, sure to please the romantic woman or mischievous girl who has playful zest for life.

Tinkerbell is a mischievous little pixie with plenty of girly charm.

Just as you may describe your spouse as loyal or your children as mischievous, pets tend to display their own unique personalities too.

Two girls and two boys, by accident and because of some very mischievous fairies, find themselves in love.

They are mischievous like other teens and have curious spirits.

Goldendoodle puppies may become mischievous when left home alone because they get bored easily and miss their families.

They are caused in infants and young children by their playing with electrical appliances or cords and in older children by mischievous exploration of electrical systems or use of faulty electrical appliances or tools.

When it comes to playing with the Ouija board, these recent Ouija board stories show that there are never 100% proof positive ways to protect yourself and your playing cohorts from mischievous and downright dangerous spirits.

His mischievous grin and poster boy good looks didn't hurt either.

Pixies are also seen as mischievous, interfering with everyday affairs just enough to keep us on our toes.

While often referred to as mischievous, pixies have plenty of different personalities they can take.

Whether you're a fan of Tinkerbell from her days spent flying with Peter Pan or have embraced her mischievous personality as she branched out solo to Pixie Hollow, you're sure to love the following Tinkerbell pixie tattoo ideas.

Some of the following classifications while not exactly good, may be considered more mischievous than evil.

While the typical image of a fairy is more pixie dust than Goth, the darker versions are associated with the more mischievous brand of fairy that offers teasing and torment.

Toxins may thus become so closely keyed into their corresponding atom groups, as for instance in tetanus, that they are no longer free to combine with the antitoxin; or, again, an antitoxin injected before a toxin may anticipate it and, preventing its mischievous adhesion, dismiss it for excretion.

On the death of Gustavus III., Charles, now duke of Sudermania, acted as regent of Sweden till 1796; but the real ruler of the country was the narrow-minded and vindictive Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm, whose mischievous influence over him was supreme.

Skandaalso called Kumara (the youth), Karttikeya, or Subrahmanya (in the south) - the six-headed war-lord of the gods; and Ganese, the lord (or leader) of Siva's troupes of attendants, being at the same time the elephant-headed, paunch-bellied god of wisdom; whilst a third, Kama (Kamadeva) or Kandarpa, the god of love, gets his popular epithet of Ananga," the bodiless,"from his having once, in frolicsome play, tried the power of his arrows upon Siva, whilst engaged in austere practices, when a single glance from the third (forehead) eye of the angry god reduced the mischievous urchin to ashes.

His nose was crooked and his eyes were shallow with a strange, mischievous glint in them.

Sonny was a very mischievous boy who was always in the center of any trouble.

Bauer's attempt to interpret Paul's statement otherwise is somewhat mischievous.

But Pitt's prodigious egoism, stimulated by the mischievous counsels of men of the stamp of Lord Shelburne, prevented the fusion of the only two sections of the Whig party that were at once able, enlightened and disinterested enough to carry on the government efficiently, to check the arbitrary temper of the king, and to command the confidence of the nation.

She looked up at him in a roguish sidelong way, with the bright mischievous smile which was one of her charms.

There 's Manfred, a depressed wooly mammoth, Sid, an amusing sloth and Diego, a mischievous sabre-toothed tiger.

People with red hair are assumed to have bold personalities and short tempers, and they are frequently thought to be adventurous, unafraid, and mischievous.

Funny songs, however, offer a different perspective on the happiness of the season by exaggerating the characteristics of the holiday in a way that appeals to the mischievous elf in all of us.

The classic look of the leprechaun is that of a mischievous old man no taller than a child, dressed all in green.

This sign can be mischievous and is devoted to finding a way to make each day fun.

Tinkerbell is the mischievous side kick of the spirited and forever young boy who won't grow up, Peter.

And, once your little one signs off the site, the noise, chaos, and mess of those mischievous young ones she's been caring for will disappear into the cyberspace void--certainly a tad more convenient than the real thing.

There are also several mischievous entities that like to play pranks on unsuspecting patrons of the house.

No person can have a full understanding of ghosts or similar otherworldly beings, so it is not possible to be completely sure that the communicating entity is not evil or doesn't have mischievous intentions.

The mischievous teen's magnetism allows him the ability to get people to do what he wants, no questions asked.

But depending on the lore being discussed, fairies often can be sinister and mischievous, meddling in human affairs with detrimental outcomes.

Fairy tattoos, especially mischievous ones, allow you to show off your mischievous side.

Capture Tink's mischievous smirk or one of her engaging smiles and place the tattoo somewhere you are bound to enjoy it.

Vehicles are the perfect target for mischievous pranksters, since they are frequently left unattended.

Mischievous Nurse, which is a barely there sling bikini with only the red crosses to show that it's meant to be a nurse costume.

These fairies aren't flute playing or peace loving little beings but carry weapons and are more vicious and mischievous.

More than mischievous, evil fairies are cited for stealing people's souls.

Fairies have a repuration for being mischievous.

In the Hamilton novels, both types of fairy are capricious and mischievous, but the good-looking and beautiful are considered "pure" while the monsters, the twisted and those deemed unworthy are considered "dark."

Yet it was scarcely until the last quarter of the 19th century that the apprenticeship system, which was a mere initiation into the art and mystery of a craft, was recognized as antiquated and, in its virtual exclusion of academic study, even mischievous.

In after years he so far forgot himself as to write of Saint-Simon as a depraved quack, and to deplore his connexion with him as purely mischievous.

Thirlwall replied by pointing out that no provision for theological instruction wa,s in fact made by the colleges except compulsory attendance at chapel, and that this was mischievous.

It is only when we remember the extensive and mischievous influence on science which hypotheses about aethers used formerly to exercise, that we can appreciate the horror of aethers which sober-minded men had during the 18th century, and which, probably as a sort of hereditary prejudice, descended even to John Stuart Mill.

Here Paul, being dead, yet speaks through Timothy to the local Christians who are exposed to such mischievous tendencies in their environment.

For the lemures were, like our unlaid ghosts, unburied, mischievous or inimical spirits, and these three days were nefasti or unlucky, because their malign influence was abroad..

In dealing with writings in dead languages this is particularly mischievous.

For this mischievous and immoral alliance, which bound Denmark to the wheels of the Russian empress's chariot and sought to interfere in the internal affairs of a neighbouring state, Bernstorff was scarcely responsible, for the preliminaries had been definitely settled in his uncle's time and he merely concluded them.

His reputation in America naturally differed very much from what it was in England, towards whom he was uniformly mischievous.

The civil constitution of the clergy was wholly mischievous.

He is commonly represented as a mischievous boy, the tormentor of gods and men, even his own mother not being proof against his attacks.

Her mischievous blue eyes sought her father first and then her grandmother to make sure they were not watching before she made a face at Lisa.

Immersed in Celtic myths & legends, hear about the Selkies, the mischievous faeries and learn the secret of eternal youth!

A mischievous and sometimes malevolent spirit or energy which is characterized by noises, moving objects and general physical disturbances.

And maybe I am being slightly mischievous here but maybe the Australians might allow some of our players to play in their domestic cricket.

Crack is an intelligent sort just a little mischievous at times - he is quiet human actually!

School Days Harry attended local schools and was a popular pupil tho often mischievous and frequently caned.

He's not an evil force, just mischievous.

Whilst feeling mischievous, I will share my equivalent of " Blind Worm " with you.

But whenever she smiles, which is often, her face becomes instantly mischievous.

Young thugs who pulled down stalls at a country market for a " mischievous prank " could face a flogging, magistrates have warned.

But the snow has brought the magic of a mischievous fairy trickster.

Suddenly he turned upon me with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes.

Of his writings on social and political questions may be mentioned Die Erziehung des Weibes (1865); Ueber die nationals Entwicklung and Bedeutung der Naturwissenschaften (1865); Die Aufgaben der Naturwissenschaften in dem neuen nationalen Leben Deutschlands (1871); Die Freiheit der Wissenschaft im modernen Staat (1877), in which he opposed the idea of l - L eckel - that the principles of evolution should be taught in elementary schools - on the ground that they were not as yet proved, and that it was mischievous to teach a hypothesis which still remained in the speculative stage.

The Greek sculptors of the school of Pheidias conceived of the battle of the Lapithae and Centaurs as a struggle between mankind and mischievous monsters, and symbolical of the great conflict between the Greeks and Persians.

In West Africa the Mpongwe believe in local spirits, just as do the Eskimo; but they are regarded as inoffensive in the main; true, the passerby must make some trifling offering as he nears their place of abode; but it is only occasionally that mischievous acts, such as the throwing down of a tree on a passer-by, are, in the view of the natives, perpetuated by the Ombuiri.

If, on the other hand, we suppose the aperture given, we find that aberration begins to be distinctly mischievous when it amounts to about a quarter period, i.e.

The Public Health Department has exerted itself to improve the sanitation of native villages and combat the mischievous trickery of Maori wizards and "doctors."

It supplied a want which has always been felt by certain types, and it became a movement which had mischievous effects upon ill-balanced minds.

The Romans, as we remarked above, distinguished between the Lemures or wandering mischievous ghosts and the Manes snugly interred and tended in the cemetery which was part of every Italian settlement.

It is obvious that wrongful admission into the "star" class might be fraught with mischievous consequences, and it is well known that a first sentence does not necessarily mean absolute unacquaintance with crime.

That certain Fellows of the College of Physicians (especially in gynaecology) have personally taken operative procedures in hand is some good omen that in time the unreal and mischievous schism between medicine and surgery may be bridged over.

On the one hand, the suppression is denounced as a base surrender to the forces of tyranny and irreligion, an act of treason to conscience, which reaped its just punishment of remorse; on the other hand, it is as ardently maintained that Clement acted in full accord with his conscience, and that the order merited its fate by its own mischievous activities which made it an offence to religion and authority alike.

As in former times the effect of the connection of Germany with Italy was altogether mischievous, because to expedite his Italian journey the king had added to the great privileges of the princes and had repressed the energies of the towns.

But aristocratic licence proved as mischievous as royal incompetence; and on the death of Christopher II.

As we have seen, Burke's very first piece, the satire on Bolingbroke, sprang from his conviction that merely rationalistic or destructive criticism, applied to the vast complexities of man in the social union, is either mischievous or futile, and mischievous exactly in proportion as it is not futile.

The simplicity of the Czartoryscy was even more mischievous than their haughtiness.