Examples of mess around in a Sentence
spent the vacation day just messing around
a guy who goes to the health club mainly to mess around with the women
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Yet, Putin continues to mess around with everyone by making knowingly unacceptable proposals.
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Sep. 2025
Almost all my poems go through like 10 plus drafts within their first week of life—I’m just constantly changing the line breaks, cutting lines out, messing around with the order, placing commas then taking them out again, adding concrete imagery, trying weird stuff.
—Peter Mishler
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
With the use of a pizza pan, there’s no messing around with stones and peels, which makes the process a breeze.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Vikings trade grade: A- The Vikings don’t have any time to mess around while integrating McCarthy.
—Jeff Howe, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Sep. 2025
Almost all my poems go through like 10 plus drafts within their first week of life—I’m just constantly changing the line breaks, cutting lines out, messing around with the order, placing commas then taking them out again, adding concrete imagery, trying weird stuff.
—Peter Mishler
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
With the use of a pizza pan, there’s no messing around with stones and peels, which makes the process a breeze.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Vikings trade grade: A- The Vikings don’t have any time to mess around while integrating McCarthy.
—Jeff Howe, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mess around
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“Mess around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mess%20around. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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