Example Sentences

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They will monkey around in some way with monkey-suit perfection — unless, that is, they happen to be George Clooney.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2012

"You will monkey with a buzz-saw!" he taunted.

From The Plow-Woman by Gates, Eleanor

It is an axiom that "only the most blatant tenderfoot, the most tumble-footed greenhorn, will monkey on the edge of a precipice."

From The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)