hellion

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Recent Examples of hellion Aside from Kiri, the most interesting of the children is Lo’ak (Britain Dalton), the second-oldest son who is both kind of a hellion and desperate for his father’s approval. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2022 While a talented man, a hellion in his youth, and a shrewd negotiator, perhaps Herb’s greatest contribution was in golf. Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 29 Sep. 2022 After a long walk in the woods, Honda’s luxury brand has returned to its sporty roots and brought back its famed entry-level hellion for the compact luxury segment. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2022 From luxury sedan to hellion at the touch of a button, rear-drive mode, 10.8-second quarter. Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 20 Oct. 2021 See All Example Sentences for hellion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hellion
Noun
  • This season Parker Posey, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Michele Monaghan, Walter Goggins and Jason Isaac are among those meditating, scheming and watching the monkeys in Thailand.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The film follows Hal (Theo James) a reclusive stress case who desperately tries to reconnect with his teenage son while haunted by a wind-up monkey that incites a random (and ridiculous) death whenever the key in its back is turned.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Pair with sausage and sauerkraut or with a dessert of devil’s food cake.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
  • People who have never seen a Griffith film deride him as a devil without any redeeming qualities.
    Colin Fleming, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • And Deadline recently reported Charli XCX could be trading her brat green to play the White Witch.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
  • But poor casting was only half of it — Charles Walters' 1955 adaptation unfortunately reimagines the heroine as an irascible antisocial brat with delusions of grandeur, all explained away by bizarre contemporary psychoanalysis provided in voice-over.
    EW.com, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Combining animation and live action, the film continues the adventures of the magical imp Pumuckl.
    Ed Meza, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
  • But read two more and the skeptical imp within you awakens.
    Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • After their car is stolen, the group of rascals must resort to some hilarious hijinks to get past the finish line.
    Kara Nesvig, Parents, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The black rascal was giving something what-for, and that prompted a gobble only 200 yards from me, followed by another and another.
    Larry Dablemont, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2025

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“Hellion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hellion. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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