holy mess
Example Sentences
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As he settled in the front seat of the car, she suggested he might make a "gooey mess".
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025
Items shifted inside, leaking and creating an enormous gooey mess.
From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2021
The tortilla is a crisp golden brown and the filling a gooey mess of cheese and smokey peppers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2016
If you try to please everyone, you’ll end up with a gooey mess that nobody wants to eat.
From BusinessWeek • Oct. 11, 2011
Camille would call this a metaphor: me staring helplessly at something I once loved while it melts into a gooey mess.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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