mucked up

past tense of muck up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mucked up
Verb
  • Last year, Colts star running back Jonathan Taylor celebrated prematurely and fumbled the ball through the back of the end zone on what was going to be a 41-yard TD run.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Slightly concerning given that Mims has already fumbled one punt this season.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Gausman released a roar from the dugout as Varland blew his fastball by Stanton.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • A couple of years after the fire, a tornado blew through and took out the north side of the street.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • All the problems getting into the ground ruined the trip a bit.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In 1950s Washington, the moral entrepreneurs were members of Congress and expert witnesses who labeled people Soviet collaborators and ruined many of their lives.
    Ron Barrett, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Just one day before conservative activist Charlie Kirk was murdered, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression published their annual survey of campus free speech scores.
    Angele Latham, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The drama follows Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) as a detective called in to investigate the 1987 massacre of four scientists brutally murdered in inexplicable ways, with a lone survivor the obvious suspect.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Also dubbed Prime Big Deal Days, the mega-store announced that the event will take place on October 7 and 8.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The Quarter is what is dubbed, in the UK, a ‘mixed-use neighborhood’.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Mucked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mucked%20up. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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