How to Use sloppy in a Sentence

sloppy

adjective

• Your work has been very sloppy lately.
• Xavier can't get caught with a sloppy game on the road.
  — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 18 Jan. 2023
• 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 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
• 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
• Humor tends to wilt through the decades; what was once a bite becomes a sloppy kiss.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
• One sloppy play cost them from moving up in the standings.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2023
• It’s been a sloppy stretch for the Tide, throwing a few balls away in transition.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 16 Mar. 2023
• In that flat and sloppy and-destroyed-at-home fashion? Whoa.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
• This one has a plush fabric with a goldilocks fit that will leave him looking cozy, but not sloppy.
  — Christian Gollayan, menshealth.com, 4 May 2023
• Vuori's Tradewind Tee can take you from the couch, to the gym, and your weekend errands without looking sloppy.
  — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 18 Nov. 2022
• That didn’t allow Sam Darnold much time to showcase his worth after his sloppy tenures with the Jets and the Panthers.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
• The offense exposed the holes in a Blue Jays defense that can be erratic and sloppy.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
• Though the win over Stephen F. Austin was sloppy at times, Troy still managed to record its 11th straight victory.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 5 Sep. 2023
• Still others allow that the bombers may simply have been sloppy.
  — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2023
• Tyrese Maxey snagged a sloppy pass from Patrick Williams on the ensuing inbound for a quick layup.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
• The sport’s sloppiest upstart wouldn’t have it any other way.
  — Robert O’Connell, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2023
• The Fever started out sloppy, turning the ball over eight times just in the first quarter — leading to seven early points from the Sky.
  — Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Sep. 2023
• Chicago will be right on the line of rain and snow with only a few inches of sloppy snow possible in the city and up to 5 to 10 inches west and north of the city.
  — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2024
• But this is no sloppy, bulldozing-through-the-classics spoof.
  — Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
• Our Test Kitchen couldn't get enough of these new sloppy Joes enlivened with a splash of cola, which gives the ground beef a sweet boost that plays well off the filling's spices.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2023
• Trendy details like the pants' wide-leg silhouette and button design for the top keep the look polished and not sloppy.
  — Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2023
• Scheffler entered the day with a 2-shot margin, but a sloppy bogey-4 after a poor chip on the par-4 third dropped him into a tie with Min Woo Lee.
  — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2023
• Louisiana tacked on three in the top of the eighth thanks to some sloppy South Alabama defense.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 25 Mar. 2023
• But Ohio State had a tendency in the first two rounds to get sloppy, and UConn will eat mistakes like that for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2023
• Their major move opened the doors for bands like labelmates Nirvana to go pop but stay sloppy, and thus, the great grunge rush commenced.
  — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 23 Jan. 2024
• The skinny: Buffalo hasn’t quite looked itself over the last couple of weeks, dropping games to the Jets and Vikings, and playing sloppy at times against the Browns.
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024