messes

Example Sentences

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Melanie never took a break from her work, Alex said, adding: "It's not normal is it? You know it messes with people's heads quite a bit."

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Yuppies cleaned up other people’s messes, then stayed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The president sometimes messes with the reporters on the line or lets people around him eavesdrop on speakerphone.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026

“The whole Day One thing really messes with people,” Rivera said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2025

Nobody messes about much in Mr. Kempsey's class, but today the mood was like somebody'd died.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell