muck up
Example Sentences
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It freed up the Cougs to score in ways that aren’t possible with Cluff and Chinyelu, both of whom lack a perimeter game, allowing defenses to sag off and muck up the spacing.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2024
No. 5 Duke Saturday Pick: The Volunteers’ defense will muck up Duke’s flow and frustrate the Blue Devils’ freshman ensemble.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2023
“I remember thinking, well, if I don’t want to spend the rest of my life doing this, meaning watching someone else muck up what I did, there’s only one way around that,” he said.
From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2022
Like dandelions, the Jorō spider appears to fall under the category of "nice" invasive species, that do not seem to muck up the existing ecosystem too much.
From Salon • Mar. 10, 2022
Too damn much rain would muck up the roads.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
