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Example sentences for "much mischief"

  • He who keeps his own secret avoids much mischief.

  • The fox does not do as much mischief in a year as it pays for in an hour.

  • When down stairs, and in company with the other servants, the nurse should not repeat what she may have heard in her lady's room, as much mischief may be done by a gossiping nurse.

  • The Irish members who spoke were adverse to the proposition; the very agitation of the question, it was said, would do much mischief in Ireland, unless the house distinctly declared that there should be no change in the existing law.

  • If I had my way you shouldn't have a bite to eat from now out, an' by the time we get ready to leave you couldn't do much mischief.

  • Joe shall go to the store while I see if anybody here knows about the old drift, and with three on guard I don't reckon he can do much mischief.

  • We sha'nt be away more than half an hour, and the mob will pay no attention to us while they have so much mischief on hand," Fred said as he followed Sam.

  • Much mischief is often caused by bad imitation of well planned boilers.

  • Much mischief is often done by the injudicious use of compositions in the boiler that are designed to prevent incrustation, especially where there is no blow-off cock or where its use is neglected.

  • Much mischief is produced by squeezing and bandaging tightly the inflamed parts, as can readily be understood; yet such practice is frequently adopted after suppuration.

  • Much mischief may be done by clumsy and heavy apparatus which confine the movements of the patient; the muscles are wasted, consequently the spinal column is weakened, the general health is impaired, and the disease is aggravated.

  • Such complications can do no good, and may do much mischief.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "much mischief" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    much accustomed; much desired; much ease; much easier; much else; much extolled; much gold; much harm; much honour; much indebted; much information; much later; much length; much lesse; much loved; much money; much more; much obleeged; much opposed; much salt; much smaller; much sugar; much value; other writings; sans doute; till past