messy
Example Sentences
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The blowup at “60 Minutes” is an especially messy and conflicted expression perhaps of a necessary transition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Plenty of investors still think that the AI build-out could get messy, with companies overspending and Wall Street eventually weeding out the losers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
After all, Albania is known to suffer from the chaos of ownership claims stemming from a messy process of privatisation at the end of 45 years of blanket nationalisation imposed by the Communist regime.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
She immediately filed away the messy work-in-progress and began writing a fictional ode to a cherished friend, former publishing executive Jim Fox, to whom “Whistler” is dedicated.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
That girl was still going round from chair to chair selling beadwork, her hair curly, messy, grunge, but her face all smiles.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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