How to Use muck up in a Sentence

muck up

verb

• I swear, she mucks up everything she tries.
• The inclusion of roast beef just seemed to muck up the mix, which read as a murky, meaty mash.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
• Then the Legislature moved the lines and mucked up Cole’s plans.
  — Kyle Whitmire | [e-mail], al, 11 July 2023
• And no string, rope, cord or twine, which can muck up postal machinery.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 1 Dec. 2022
• The team length is helpful in a multitude of ways, but one is how the Jazz can muck up the paint and still get out to shooters.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Oct. 2022
• Lopez believes Uresti enlisted Garcia to run as a way to muck up the race.
  — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Feb. 2022
• The Supreme Court, in its infinite wisdom, has only mucked up the waters.
  — Washington Post, 9 July 2024
• The hilly landscapes block views of storms, mucking up storm-chasing efforts.
  — Carolyn Wilke, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
• Any chance of mucking up the motivation of the accused is seized upon.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• And can good directors totally muck up a big IP project?
  — Time, 25 July 2023
• Puddles of oozing tar have been showing up over the last week, mucking up car tires and anything else that gets mired in the sticky black substance.
  — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• Raj Verma was brought in to fix the public works system in a town known for sewage spills that muck up homeowners’ yards and neighborhood streets.
  — Susannah Bryan, sun-sentinel.com, 1 July 2021
• Then come foul up, goof up, gum up, mess up, muck up, screw up and synonymous unprintables.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2021
• There are times when Moody passes up open jump shots in favor of drives into a crowded paint, which can muck up a possession.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2024
• In this year’s release, the IRS has decided to muck up one measure of its performance that has drawn the most heat from lawmakers.
  — Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 30 June 2020
• He has been blamed for mismanaging the bullpen, mucking up the lineup and failing to put this team in a position to succeed.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• He has been blamed for mismanaging the bullpen, mucking up the lineup, and failing to put this team in a position to succeed.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• That's where Adebayo's extension could muck up their free-agency plans.
  — Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 19 May 2021
• The stick format means it can be applied without mucking up your hands, and older kids can apply it themselves.
  — Mandy Harris, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2023
• Because Butler is a weak 3-point shooter, Boston will crowd the paint and muck up Miami’s spacing.
  — New York Times, 17 May 2022
• That trademark defense that muddies the waters for many, mucking up rhythm and leaving teams feeling hot breath on necks barely slowed the high-flying Huskies.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024
• The area also makes for a great storage space, especially for dirty shoes that otherwise muck up the living quarters.
  — Ben Romans, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2019
• But these Eagles have waded through mud all season, mucking up the pace at their discretion, executing down the stretch.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2023
• Privacy Policy What role will politics play in mucking up this whole process?
  — Nicholas Florko and Sarah Owermohle, STAT, 30 May 2024
• The mediocre ones muck up their work with ahistorical paint colors or materials.
  — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 July 2021
• With the global chip shortage continuing to muck up automotive supply chains and vehicle prices at record levels, consumers looking for a new set of wheels have a lot to consider.
  — J.j. McCorvey, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2021
• If he’s needed on the court for a few minutes, Forrest can expel a ton of energy on defense, providing that bench hound defensive mindset that can really muck up the flow of a contending offense.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Apr. 2022
• With so many active tools, the inundation of alerts can’t help but muck up even the most streamlined system, which is why most organizations have such a large backlog of vulnerabilities.
  — Yoran Sirkis, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• The Bruins become not only stout against the run but also muck up opposing passing attacks thanks to a secondary featuring playmaking cornerback Devin Kirkwood.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2022
• Any revision of the Netflix interface has to clear a high bar, because, as multiple staffers keep reminding me, nobody wants to muck up a user experience that generally works so well.
  — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 13 May 2021

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024