messy

Example Sentences

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Zvërnec has proved to be a thicket of Albanian property disputes, a common problem given that the country nationalized property during communism then underwent a messy process of returning it to private ownership.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 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

As one might expect, there are some messy entanglements within and outside the group.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Everything was just a heap of ugly, messy, black-and-gray ash.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz