How to Use prankster in a Sentence

prankster

noun
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  • At first, the prankster wasn’t going to let Ben in on the joke.
    — Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland.com, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Thomas said at the precise moment the prankster emerged.
    — Variety, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Some prankster god has a mild grudge against me or something.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Dwayne Johnson’s balloons fell prey to quite the prankster.
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 22 Oct. 2023
  • The Queen City Clowns, one of the 20 teams competing over the weekend, are a throwback to those pranksters of the past.
    — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2023
  • Then there's pranksters out there that take advantage of it.
    — Fox News, 28 July 2018
  • But look out Ashton Kutcher, there’s a new prankster in town.
    — Tara Edwards, refinery29.com, 15 June 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • Brando, a consummate prankster, won the contest in the end.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The pranksters recruited their 14-year-old friend and are seen traversing Kroger.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Aug. 2023
  • But this time, the prank has resulted in backlash against the pranksters themselves.
    — Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 15 Oct. 2018
  • Quite the prankster, Valastro closed out the hilarious video with a wink.
    — Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com, 22 Apr. 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
  • Prank shows are nothing new, but Griffin and his Double Cross team have drawn up a twist: The prankster is the one who gets pranked in the end.
    — Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2021
  • On Twitter, the online prankster known as Big Daws claimed to be the mastermind behind the stunt.
    — Chuck Schilken, latimes.com, 18 June 2019
  • 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
  • The law’s passage followed a Ukrainian prankster’s hoax that built on a real tragedy.
    — Stanislav Budnitsky, The Conversation, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Our thoughts: This salad is pleasing to the eye and palette, yet is a bit of a prankster in the texture department.
    — cleveland, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Mary Lou Miller remembered her father as a jokester and a prankster with a strong work ethic.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 13 June 2022
  • In his plush suburban home, Chase is a merry prankster.
    — Adam Kuhlmann, Longreads, 15 Apr. 2020
  • According to Politico, the prankster called the White House switchboard and was told the president could not be reached.
    — Kevin Kelleher, Fortune, 29 June 2018
  • But has being a prankster always been a part of your comedy?
    — Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2021
  • North West is quite the prankster — and mom Kim Kardashian is her favorite target.
    — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2022
  • While some photos are kinder to the prankster, another features a winged Knoxville getting shot out of a canon.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 July 2021
  • Then writer Alan Moore and artist Brian Bolland got their hands on the deadly prankster.
    — Oliver Sava, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2022
  • One more login to keep track of in exchange for protection against pranksters, OK.
    — Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Another officer then asks the pranksters to move elsewhere from the bustling area.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Blanche read text messages between Cohen and the apparent teen prankster.
    — Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 16 May 2024
  • Observed each year April 1, the unofficial holiday gives people around the world an excuse to serve as prankster for a day.
    — The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2024

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