mess

Example Sentences

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Mr. Sarris has fashioned for her a rough-hewn, splintery narrative voice, her English “a mess of high and low and everything in between.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

"But it is only really good news if it is not a complete mess upstream."

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Still, Sanders said, tight credit spreads in U.S. corporate bonds and other areas of fixed income signal there isn’t currently much spillover from the private-credit mess.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

One of three Bangkok studios the “Alien: Earth” production occupied housed the zoo, mess hall and engineering room sets and their interconnecting corridors on a single stage.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

She replies angrily, “I warned Mercy not to mess with her gift!”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold