screwed

Example Sentences

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“Every day, someone was like, ‘well, you screwed it up,’” Abbott said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

“I went to my husband and said, ‘I think I screwed up.’”

From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026

With her head firmly screwed on and her music's taking off, the Skye's the limit.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

“I’m gonna have to call him tomorrow and tell him what I thought of it. And you know what he’ll say? ‘I screwed up, coach.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

“I know it. Quetzalcoatl visited Earth in human form. But he screwed up because he didn’t know as a human he’d need food and water.”

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera