How to Use sloppy in a Sentence

sloppy

adjective

• Your work has been very sloppy lately.
• The last year the race took place on a sloppy track was in 2018.
  — Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 15 May 2021
• Xavier can't get caught with a sloppy game on the road.
  — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 18 Jan. 2023
• In one, Ganymede gets a sloppy kiss on the lips from Zeus.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 19 Sep. 2020
• But Kerr said the Warriors got a bit sloppy in the fourth.
  — oregonlive, 4 Mar. 2021
• On the court below him, the well-heeled Heels looked sloppy.
  — Bruce Schoenfeld, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2023
• The Celtics had a sloppy start, with six turnovers over the game’s first eight minutes.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Feb. 2023
• The Huskies started off the game sloppy with two straight turnovers.
  — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 27 Feb. 2022
• The lead shortened due to sloppy play and a lapse in defense from the Libs.
  — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
• In fact, the Chargers were as sloppy and lethargic as the Ravens were a week ago against the Colts.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 17 Oct. 2021
• This was painful to watch, and not just the sloppy play with wedges and two water balls.
  — CBS News, 21 May 2022
• The first half was sloppy for both teams as the two totaled nine turnovers each.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2025
• Both teams are ranked in the top 10, but the Gators’ best win was a sloppy game at Kentucky.
  — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, 28 Sep. 2019
• The Chargers were flagged nine times for 79 yards in a game that was sloppy, rules-wise.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• The result was nine first-half turnovers and a handful of sloppy plays.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Dec. 2022
• The play fit right in to the sloppy baseball played between these teams over the past two years.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 27 Apr. 2022
• The Rams [practice] was a little sloppy, and the last two days weren’t very good.
  — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2021
• The drops in sloppy, frigid conditions, as the green grass was covered in snow by the end of the game.
  — Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 19 Jan. 2025
• The cold, rainy night led to sloppy play from both teams early.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, baltimoresun.com, 8 Nov. 2019
• That’s about all there is to know about how lifeless and sloppy this game was.
  — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2023
• The Patriots’ one chance may be if the Bills get sloppy with the football.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2023
• The 48-yarder sailed wide left after what looked like a bit of a sloppy snap from Patrick Scales.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 25 Aug. 2020
• Some are quite sloppy and others are a bit more stealth.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 3 June 2022
• Humor tends to wilt through the decades; what was once a bite becomes a sloppy kiss.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
• His edges going backwards can be a little sloppy, but with some refinement and good coaching, there could be something there.
  — Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 3 June 2026
• The Rays had a chance for more as the Tigers continued their sloppy play.
  — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2026
• Monday night’s game was a sloppy affair.
  — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 1 June 2026
• The Liberty were sloppy too — totaling nine turnovers to Phoenix’s five by halftime.
  — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 30 May 2026
• These pants feel easy and relaxed without looking sloppy.
  — Aashna Gheewalla, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
• Most of the game was played in a steady rain with the infield becoming very sloppy in the ninth.
  — CBS News, 24 May 2026