unholy mess
Example Sentences
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The entire situation is an unholy mess with no quick fix, no easy escape, no real hope, and only one real optimistic certainty.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2022
Specifically, the movie evoked that evanescent moment when the piñata’s gaudily colored candied contents fly in the air, right before scattering to the ground in an unholy mess.
From New York Times • May 26, 2022
To be candid, "Music of the Spheres" is an unholy mess of a record, confusing and conflating generic impulses towards synth-pop, ambient sound, and electronica, among other stylistic pretensions.
From Salon • Oct. 22, 2021
Sir Iain Duncan Smith accused the government of being in an "unholy mess" over Nexperia's takeover of Newport Wafer Fab.
From BBC • Jul. 15, 2021
It had been almost a year since the welfare man had scared us into cleaning the house, and it was once again an unholy mess.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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