messiness

Example Sentences

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Any discrepancies in Erika’s biography can be explained by the normal messiness of human life and memory, plus mundane bureaucratic issues.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

For better or worse, Dawson served as an emotional, often cautionary, proxy for millennials’ own coming-of-age messiness.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

“They don’t want to deal with the papers and documents and messiness of that.”

From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026

However, Scotland will be hoping they can get the job done without the need for such messiness.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025

He seemed unaware of the messiness of the arrangement.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger