messy

Example Sentences

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So actually the writing process for this was like, “How do we make this feel as chaotic and messy and unpredictable as possible?”

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

After all, Albania is known to suffer from the chaos of ownership claims stemming from a messy process of privatisation at the end of 45 years of blanket nationalisation imposed by the Communist regime.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

“It’s not as messy as ‘Tiger King’ was,” said Josh Webb, a zookeeper there from April to November of 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

“Numbers are so clean and elegant; people are so messy and complicated.”

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen