messiness

Example Sentences

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Part of the issue is that our over-sanitized world hasn’t fully prepared us to deal with messiness, which can leave us feeling overwhelmed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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

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

From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026

Their work moves past familiar ideas of the body in transition, gleefully embracing the messiness of the queer experience and refusing the easy siren call of visibility.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

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