messy

Example Sentences

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When actually the true version of ourselves is kind of messy, chaotic and vulnerable.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Plenty of investors still think that the AI build-out could get messy, with companies overspending and Wall Street eventually weeding out the losers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Reminding us of the messy yet necessary work of grassroots activism, the play administered the equivalent of a political oxygen mask.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

In doing so, he has saddled the party with the risks of an untested candidate who has a messy life story.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

The house where they spent Christmas and Sunday dinners and where Ophie slept and argued and cried and did all the messy business of growing up.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland