messing around
Example Sentences
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Right now, however, he looks like a kid who spent the morning messing around with his friends.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
Elsewhere, the recent single American Girls gained a long, trippy intro, with Styles messing around on an old analogue keyboard, tweaking low pass filters and playing squiggly synth noises.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
They need to know you’re not messing around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
Jesse Kardon has come a long way from his days as a teenager messing around with Ableton in his bedroom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2026
“I don’t see the point if there aren’t any killer robots, but okay,” Rishi said, and Dimple thought, I love the way your eyes twinkle when you’re messing around.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
