screwed

Example Sentences

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“Every day, someone was like, ‘well, you screwed it up,’” Abbott said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

“I went to my husband and said, ‘I think I screwed up.’”

From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026

"If they renew the contract, I'm screwed - oh God," he says.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

If that happens and Congress later says, Wait, we screwed up, start it up again—it’s too late, because the spacecraft is no longer able to be contacted.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

If I was getting comments about my acne on a good skin day, then I was monumentally screwed.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi