messy

Example Sentences

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"He's stepping into an environment that's already messy," warned North of Allianz Trade.

From Barron's • Jun. 14, 2026

In the race to replace Gavin Newsom as governor, an initially messy field tightened into a three-way race between Democrats Xavier Becerra and Tom Steyer and Republican Steve Hilton.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

After all, Albania is known to suffer from the chaos of ownership claims stemming from a messy process of privatisation at the end of 45 years of blanket nationalisation imposed by the Communist regime.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

As one might expect, there are some messy entanglements within and outside the group.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

I scratched at my hair, which was still messy from sleeping.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff