How to Use messy in a Sentence

messy

adjective

• Painting a room can be messy work.
• Some kinds of glue are messier than others.
• Both were also messy from the birria juices in the tacos.
  — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2024
• Worn with the wrong pieces, the look can seem messy or ill-defined.
  — René Chávez Esparza, Glamour, 17 June 2025
• Her hair was pulled into a messy bun on the top of her head.
  — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
• All right, that brings us to the veto and the eviction, and folks, things get messy.
  — Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 24 Sep. 2021
• Balloons emerged as a new and messy weapon of war this year.
  — Stella Kim, NBC News, 24 July 2024
• Her hair is in a messy wavy style, and her skin is glowing.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Aug. 2023
• The quickest route to mealtime stress has to be a messy pantry.
  — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Apr. 2025
• Worse, a messy space can add stress to your daily life.
  — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• Wear clothes that can get paint on them, as this craft can get messy.
  — courant.com, 29 July 2021
• The trail from the bay leading to the preserve’s entrance is rough, rocky and messy.
  — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2025
• In Solvang, the jam and sugar is poured on top (which is way too messy for a Dane).
  — Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 24 June 2021
• The Red Raiders’ defense Adams fine-tuned makes things messy.
  — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2022
• This is a very, this hairstyle can be very, very messy.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 4 Aug. 2021
• The dips are wet, messy behemoths of meat, juice and bread.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
• There’s no reason to put boots on the ground, because on the ground, things get messy.
  — Craig Michel, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
• What followed was a whole bunch of messy bickering in the press.
  — Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2024
• Paige and Keough, on the other hand, formed a true, and far less messy, bond offscreen.
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 30 June 2021
• There were crash outs, blowups, fights over pancakes and some messy breakups.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2025
• Cotton: She’s owned the fact that some of her gameplay was quite messy.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 27 Feb. 2025
• The messy end to two decades of the US mission in Afghanistan raises so many questions.
  — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 30 Aug. 2021
• Things get messy and deadly from there, as hordes of the undead descend on the land.
  — Megan Vick, EW.com, 30 May 2024
• The reason is simple: Even the best humans are a bit messy.
  — Agur Jõgi, Forbes, 22 June 2022
• The show acknowledges our lives can be/will be/are messy.
  — CNN, 25 Oct. 2021
• It's been a bit of a messy first half, which started with two rapid yellow cards.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 27 June 2026
• Committing the universal human crime of survival by way of messy living.
  — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 27 June 2026
• Meal planning, grocery lists and tackling that one messy drawer.
  — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
• The next shot is a little messier.
  — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
• Olivia Wilde has officially returned to the spotlight after a messy time in her personal life.
  — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 25 June 2026