How to Use mess with in a Sentence

mess with

phrasal verb

• The trio go to great lengths the entire episode to mess with Wilson.
  — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
• The Big Ten could expand to 100 teams and no one would mess with that cash cow.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2023
• Talk about the easiest way to look sleek (and not to be messed with).
  — Marykate Boylan, Town & Country, 22 Aug. 2023
• The bull was yanking against the knotted mess with all its might to no avail.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 4 Oct. 2023
• No need to mess with ice packs because they're built right in.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2023
• When things seem to be going well, the instinct is to not mess with it.
  — Matt Lowe, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• But for 50 games, 50 times a year messing with the traffic.
  — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
• This served as a message about not messing with the mine.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
• His pots were messed with, and someone put racial slurs on one of his buoys.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
• The best places to drink in 2024 Why mess with something that is already good?
  — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 29 June 2024
• But in a Crichton novel, that petri dish must be messed with.
  — Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
• Steven Moffat’s writing doesn’t need to be messed with.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
• Olympic swimmers don’t like to mess with their routines.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 24 July 2024
• Kim, meanwhile, doesn’t mess with cilantro, and Kendall stays away from spicy peppers.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2024
• And things are going well right now with the other two shows, so why mess with success?
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
• Don't mess with Ice Spice and Taylor Swift's friendship.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
• But model Anok Yai comes into the frame, and the drugs start messing with Scott’s vision.
  — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2024
• But deep down, there is that little red buzzer that messes with him, and conflicts him and hurts him.
  — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 25 Mar. 2024
• So, your spouse and child may both have a thing that messes with their volume controls.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
• But the feature goes against our instinct to not mess with a formula that works.
  — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 9 July 2024
• Guests have reported seeing a lady in white on the stairs and spirits have been known to mess with the staff.
  — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2023
• Her hair was a frizzy mess with curly and wavy tendrils poking out at random.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 30 Oct. 2023
• There’s even a seven-layer dip for gamers who know that rolling a seven can mess with your plans.
  — Mark Kennedy, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2023
• Nick was very good at getting into your head and messing with your head.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 28 May 2024
• Age and life stages can mess with your menstrual cycle, too.
  — Anisa Arsenault, Verywell Health, 22 July 2024
• Daddy’s messing with some wires in the front yard and he’s got a friend sitting on an old car seat turned living room chair in the main area.
  — Jonah Gercke, SPIN, 15 Mar. 2024
• The caveat for pickier fans is that these are the versions that have been messed with by George Lucas post-release.
  — Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 4 July 2024
• Miranda Bailey is the mama bird around this place — do not mess with her!
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 31 May 2024
• Windy days mess with that ideal scenario in a variety of ways.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 3 Apr. 2024
• Sometimes the plays mess with format and structure, and the audiences will sometimes love it and other times won’t necessarily respond to it.
  — David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024