mixed up with

Example Sentences

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But it’s a good ride, and classic in its way; searching the phrase “get mixed up with gangsters” brings forth a host of old comedies.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

How could my information have been mixed up with someone else’s file?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Crucially, Ms. Oropesa noted, Callas became the story herself — a “hot-topic, controversial figure” — after her life became mixed up with those of Onassis and Kennedy.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2024

Her art books had become mixed up with items her family were sending to a charity shop, during a clear-out.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2024

“The nickname was given to me as a boy, so people wouldn’t get me mixed up with my father.”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood