How to Use troublemaker in a Sentence

troublemaker

noun
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  • He had the reputation of being a troublemaker in high school.
  • The hero was once called a troublemaker, and far worse.
    — Mary Schmich Chicago Tribune (tns), Star Tribune, 30 July 2020
  • Your guy, the Marine — he’s just a drunk and a troublemaker.
    — Raga Justin, Dallas News, 14 June 2021
  • Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in a square hole, the ones who see things differently.
    — Sarah Todd, Quartz, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Congressman John Lewis is a troublemaker in the best sense of the word.
    — Taiia Smart Young, Essence, 1 July 2020
  • He is woven through so many of the tales as the friend, the rescuer, the troublemaker, or sometimes all three!
    — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 22 Aug. 2021
  • For a long time now, glass has been the class troublemaker in a recycling bin.
    — Michael Taylor, ExpressNews.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • This isn't the first time Louis has proved to be a troublemaker for Kate during the pandemic.
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 14 July 2020
  • Welles certainly looked the part as the knight and troublemaker, but gave him a cunning edge too.
    — CNN, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Chase, the troublemaker, tries and fails to bribe his little brother Grayson to keep a secret with $100.
    — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Cattelan is known as a prankster, troublemaker, or troll in the art realm.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 1 May 2023
  • Here, Khloé — who was dating French Montana at the time — stars as a masked troublemaker in the rapper’s 4-minute video.
    — Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Abigail Echo-Hawk can’t even count how many times she’s been called a troublemaker.
    — Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Al is a con man, a troublemaker, always looking for a score.
    — cleveland.com, 29 July 2019
  • Repression can come from the left or the right, and the outcome is never good for troublemakers or their victims.
    — WSJ, 10 Aug. 2018
  • Russia, in short, is a troublemaker but not a major threat.
    — Kathryn E. Stoner, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2020
  • And why was the inflatable snowman called out like that—Frosty is no troublemaker!
    — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 19 Nov. 2019
  • But the Tooth Fairy, as every child knows, has tricks of her own, and an epic battle of diminutive troublemakers ensues.
    — Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2018
  • Grab a notebook, start jotting down your favorites, and get ready to choose the best Elf name for your little troublemaker.
    — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 13 Nov. 2022
  • But the same team identified a second galaxy that seems to share many of the same properties as the first troublemaker.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 15 Feb. 2022
  • However, whether the 59-year-old will be able to keep the reported troublemaker in check remains to be seen.
    — SI.com, 11 June 2018
  • Ealy tends to be typecast as the handsome troublemaker.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 14 Mar. 2022
  • In the play, Djilas is a troublemaker and the real Đilas also went against the grain by being more of a social democrat.
    — Hannah Herrera Greenspan, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2019
  • Other frequent troublemakers like ants and flies come in through cracks around doors and windows.
    — Lori Keong, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023
  • As night fell, small, mobile groups of troublemakers combed the city, burning trash bags, lamp posts and other objects.
    — Elaine Ganley, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Research shows that black boys are much more likely to be labeled as troublemakers than white boys.
    — Dahleen Glanton, chicagotribune.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • As the protests escalated, the city seems to have decided to take the troublemaker candidates off the streets.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Paul is meant to be a class clown and a troublemaker and a dreamer; to play all those instruments at once, so to speak, would require the impulsive genius of a Léaud.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2022
  • There’s nothing new about tiny troublemakers being pushed out of preschools.
    — Erin Einhorn, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2019
  • Your main character is also called a troublemaker at one point in the story.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2022

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