How to Use messy in a Sentence

messy

adjective

• Painting a room can be messy work.
• Some kinds of glue are messier than others.
• Both were also messy from the birria juices in the tacos.
  — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2024
• Her hair was pulled into a messy bun on the top of her head.
  — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
• Balloons emerged as a new and messy weapon of war this year.
  — Stella Kim, NBC News, 24 July 2024
• Her hair is in a messy wavy style, and her skin is glowing.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Aug. 2023
• Worse, a messy space can add stress to your daily life.
  — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• The trail from the bay leading to the preserve’s entrance is rough, rocky and messy.
  — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2025
• The Red Raiders’ defense Adams fine-tuned makes things messy.
  — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2022
• There’s no reason to put boots on the ground, because on the ground, things get messy.
  — Craig Michel, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
• What followed was a whole bunch of messy bickering in the press.
  — Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2024
• Cotton: She’s owned the fact that some of her gameplay was quite messy.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 27 Feb. 2025
• Things get messy and deadly from there, as hordes of the undead descend on the land.
  — Megan Vick, EW.com, 30 May 2024
• The reason is simple: Even the best humans are a bit messy.
  — Agur Jõgi, Forbes, 22 June 2022
• Kim’s hair was pulled back into a low messy bun, with a few strands of hair to frame her face.
  — Julia Teti, WWD, 28 Jan. 2025
• Her blonde hair was worn in a messy updo with her bangs sweeping the side of her face.
  — Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 23 Nov. 2024
• If only the rest of this messy midnight-movie mass was worthy of it.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
• Go ahead, get a head start on your spring cleaning with what is often the messiest space in the home: the kitchen.
  — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 28 Apr. 2023
• Looks very messy for the mid-South with several hours of freezing rain and sleet across the area.
  — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 1 Feb. 2022
• That proved to be messy even for a town with mounds of burro poop adorning Main Street.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 29 Dec. 2021
• The actress and new mom had her hair up in a messy ponytail and seemed to wear no makeup.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Aug. 2022
• In making this film, Shi wanted to show kids that things could get messy and that that’s OK.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2022
• Grab plenty of napkins though and maybe a spoon, because things can get messy in the best of ways.
  — Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Nov. 2022
• That a bird keeps defecating on it hints that things will get messy.
  — Kyle Smith, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022
• His silver hair is still a messy mop, his face often bends to a wry smile.
  — Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2024
• Donald Trump and Elon Musk will have a messy falling-out.
  — Rob Toews, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
• Amelia confesses to Kai that her life is messy and gives the doctor an out.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2022
• Here’s where the visions begin to collide, and things get messy.
  — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar. 2025
• Orlando took the helm of the memorial effort in late 2023 amid the messy collapse of the private onePulse foundation.
  — Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
• Haack is going through a messy divorce with her soon-to-be ex-husband Hall, with the pair calling each other out on Instagram in 2024.
  — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025