Sentence examples for mischievous statement from inspiring English sources
Within the year, Frank, too, was weighing the iconography of the same flag; unlike Johns, he was not brought up to honor it, and so, when he elected to open "The Americans" with a shot of the flag, flapping between two women as they watch a parade in Hoboken, and chopping one of them off at the head, was that not a mischievous statement?
Indeed, Chandrashekhar Dasgupta of the Energy and Resources Institute, who was involved in negotiating the Framework Convention and also the blue-print for the current negotiations, which is known as the Bali Action Plan, says it is a "mischievous mis-statement" even to speak of the protocol expiring.
The pattern underlying his speech is one of bold statements gentled; the mischievous elan that produced his collection's title balanced by an intelligence that obliges him to qualify and a lifetime of experience that has shown him nothing is ever wholly good or bad.
That statement was not uttered by a mischievous astrophysicist but by Rick Santorum, a candidate for president, speaking at the most recent Republican debate last night in Orlando.
In a statement, he described as "unfounded and mischievous" the allegation that he had broken financial disclosure rules by not telling parliamentary authorities of his wife's loans after he learned of them in December 2008.
The I.R.A. statement said: "There has been a lot of ill-founded and mischievous speculation about these arrests and some ill-considered and aggressive comment directed at our organization.
In a statement, the BBC said the comments may have been "rude" and "mischievous," but there was no "vindictiveness" behind them.
In a statement, the corporation said the comments on the show may have been "rude" and "mischievous", but there was no "vindictiveness" behind them.
"Individuals and interest groups seeking to play to the gallery by being meddlesome, sensational or mischievous in interpreting developments in the military are advised to moderate their activities with some decorum," the statement said.
The UEA put out a statement saying that "the selective publication of some stolen emails and other papers taken out of context is mischievous and cannot be considered a genuine attempt to engage with the issues in a responsible way".
