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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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.
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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
Otherwise, Gauff sounds like any other 21-year-old, enjoying time with her boyfriend, messing around on TikTok, and showing off her first Labubu.
—Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 21 Aug. 2025
From left: Jax the dog and Nova the cat mess around at home.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Aug. 2025
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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
Otherwise, Gauff sounds like any other 21-year-old, enjoying time with her boyfriend, messing around on TikTok, and showing off her first Labubu.
—Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 21 Aug. 2025
From left: Jax the dog and Nova the cat mess around at home.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 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 8 Sep. 2025.
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