sloppily
Example Sentences
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Belgium striker Lukaku was set to be introduced just as Yildiz effectively sealed the points in the 77nd minute, coolly rolling home Juve's second after a Napoli defender sloppily gave the ball to Fabio Miretti.
From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026
The ship claimed Russian protection after the crew sloppily painted a Russian flag on the side of the vessel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
It was late Saturday night baseball, at its sloppily, messy finest.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2025
Her language is imprecise, and that seems to be the point: She excels at sowing chaos with ambiguity and sloppily constructed principles.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2025
I arrived at a village where there was nothing to eat except for the coconuts that sloppily hung from the trees, as if teasing me, daring me to pluck them.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
