mess with
Example Sentences
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It’d be shocking if this thing isn’t a bloated, exhausting mess, with the plot stretched way beyond its limits.
From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026
Basically, she said: Judge O’Connor, you think you can mess with a case in my state?
From Slate • May 18, 2026
“When we go public on something, we have to go really hard,” Chadwick said in an interview, adding that it is necessary “so people know not to mess with you.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
Ronnie Chieng plays a more successful agent who loves, or lives, to mess with Monica.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
If I had used my gift in a better way this morning, I could’ve talked to Leo about his own feelings about the fight, instead of trying to mess with Michelle.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
