messing around

Example Sentences

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They need to know you’re not messing around.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Jesse Kardon has come a long way from his days as a teenager messing around with Ableton in his bedroom.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

“If you’re a company who’s messing around with these types of practices on consumers, you’re watching how well they work,” said Lindsay Owens, executive director of Groundwork Collaborative, a progressive think tank.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

“Once they start messing around with this trust, I think we’re on a pretty sad path,” Mair said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

What Shifa hadn’t told Zheng was that Razi was supposed to have gone with their father that day but had been messing around with his friends and been too late.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook