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Examples of troublemaker in a Sentence
He had the reputation of being a troublemaker in high school.
Recent Examples of troublemaker from the Web
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Maurice Sendak regaled generations of young readers with Where the Wild Things Are, his beloved 1963 picture book about a little troublemaker who sails off to a land of monsters.
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Teachers have good instincts and can tell the good students from the troublemakers; the underachievers from those who are dedicated but may have learning difficulties.
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If they're harassed, people like Chandler and other residents make sure the troublemakers are removed.
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But far worse than Collins raising this taboo-among-Republicans subject is that she was echoed by Mike Rounds of South Dakota, a solid member of the GOP conference who has not been on anybody’s list of BCRA troublemakers.
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These Senate troublemakers have strong credibility among the right flank of the GOP but have proved tiresome to McConnell.
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Answer: Pound was a literary enfant terrible if there ever was one, from the very start an icon-smasher and a troublemaker.
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Airbnb is taking some steps to weed out troublemakers plaguing its home-rental service.
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Bornstein — actor, provocateur, gleeful troublemaker — playfully mixed memoir and gender theory, and popularized the idea that gender isn’t a binary.
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First Known Use of troublemaker
circa 1914
TROUBLEMAKER Defined for English Language Learners
troublemaker
playDefinition of troublemaker for English Language Learners
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: a person who causes trouble : a person who creates problems or difficulties involving other people
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