How to Use mess with in a Sentence
mess with
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The trio go to great lengths the entire episode to mess with Wilson.
—Marianne Garvey, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
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The Big Ten could expand to 100 teams and no one would mess with that cash cow.
—Nathan Baird, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2023
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Talk about the easiest way to look sleek (and not to be messed with).
—Marykate Boylan, Town & Country, 22 Aug. 2023
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The bull was yanking against the knotted mess with all its might to no avail.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 4 Oct. 2023
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No need to mess with ice packs because they're built right in.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2023
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When things seem to be going well, the instinct is to not mess with it.
—Matt Lowe, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
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But for 50 games, 50 times a year messing with the traffic.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
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This served as a message about not messing with the mine.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
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His pots were messed with, and someone put racial slurs on one of his buoys.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
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The best places to drink in 2024 Why mess with something that is already good?
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 29 June 2024
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But in a Crichton novel, that petri dish must be messed with.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
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Steven Moffat’s writing doesn’t need to be messed with.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
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Olympic swimmers don’t like to mess with their routines.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 24 July 2024
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Kim, meanwhile, doesn’t mess with cilantro, and Kendall stays away from spicy peppers.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2024
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And things are going well right now with the other two shows, so why mess with success?
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
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Don't mess with Ice Spice and Taylor Swift's friendship.
—Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
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But model Anok Yai comes into the frame, and the drugs start messing with Scott’s vision.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2024
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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
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So, your spouse and child may both have a thing that messes with their volume controls.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
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But the feature goes against our instinct to not mess with a formula that works.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 9 July 2024
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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
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Her hair was a frizzy mess with curly and wavy tendrils poking out at random.
—Gabi Thorne, Allure, 30 Oct. 2023
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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
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Nick was very good at getting into your head and messing with your head.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 28 May 2024
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Age and life stages can mess with your menstrual cycle, too.
—Anisa Arsenault, Verywell Health, 22 July 2024
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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
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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
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Miranda Bailey is the mama bird around this place — do not mess with her!
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 31 May 2024
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Windy days mess with that ideal scenario in a variety of ways.
—Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 3 Apr. 2024
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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
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