mess

Example Sentences

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Basically, she said: Judge O’Connor, you think you can mess with a case in my state?

From Slate • May 18, 2026

Yet big parts of its economy are a mess.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Another photo showed a grinning Kim sitting with Ju Ae at a table in the ship's mess hall, surrounded by uniformed marines eating instant rice meals.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

He described the situation as "a real mess", lamenting that those who were once hailed as architects of democratic change had become "gravediggers".

From BBC • May 7, 2026

“It’s come so far already, so I don’t see why it can’t continue like this. Why hire an outsider to mess things up? You know what they say: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam