Examples of mess around in a Sentence
spent the vacation day just messing around
a guy who goes to the health club mainly to mess around with the women
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But why are the Browns even messing around with this stuff?
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Zac Jackson, New York Times, 17 June 2025
Paddy: But not all of my dad's college years were about messing around.
—Outside Online, 11 June 2025
Check out Samsung brand reviews for more tech reviews that don’t mess around.
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Nothing major, but enough messing around to worsen his problems.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 29 May 2025
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Zac Jackson, New York Times, 17 June 2025
Paddy: But not all of my dad's college years were about messing around.
—Outside Online, 11 June 2025
Check out Samsung brand reviews for more tech reviews that don’t mess around.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 10 June 2025
Nothing major, but enough messing around to worsen his problems.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 29 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for mess around
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“Mess around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mess%20around. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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