mess with
Example Sentences
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He called the operations in Ecuador a “giant mess with no exit strategy.”
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2026
Ronnie Chieng plays a more successful agent who loves, or lives, to mess with Monica.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
They are infamous trash talkers, unbothered by the rules, as long as they can mess with their opponents’ heads.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
She previously told the court Pitt had a reputation in Weston-super-Mare "as a big name and someone you wouldn't mess with".
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026
“These people could be witnesses to anything. They probably don’t have any connection to me, except that some strange guy in a bathroom wanted to mess with my mind.”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
