messy

Example Sentences

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It’s also a tradition so difficult, chaotic, and messy that right now it could be the perfect symbol for the country itself.

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026

It’s gonna be a long, hot, messy summer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

Having waded through a messy, money-charged divorce myself, I know that the story your spouse tells about you is not the story you would tell about yourself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

“Automation is “putting intelligence and control into what is a pretty messy process,” he says.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

His hair was messy and his shirt was half tucked in.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez