messiness

Example Sentences

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But the messiness of real-world events means it isn’t always obvious which side was right.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Any discrepancies in Erika’s biography can be explained by the normal messiness of human life and memory, plus mundane bureaucratic issues.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

For better or worse, Dawson served as an emotional, often cautionary, proxy for millennials’ own coming-of-age messiness.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

“They don’t want to deal with the papers and documents and messiness of that.”

From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026

Even if we’re thrown away by people with more money, we can always climb our way out of the messiness and the brokenness of our lives.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi