messiness

Example Sentences

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From fashion runways to the covers of books, a trendy “naive” aesthetic is ditching polished perfection for the deliberate messiness of childhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Mickey is a mix of professional competence and personal messiness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

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

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

From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026

“I complained about the messiness, but Mr. Lemoncello popped in on a video screen to remind us that all the books being used in the read-and-eat contest were paperbacks.”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein