Example Sentences

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Whenever a crisis broke and it was clear that someone had screwed up, the maxim by which the BBC’s leaders operated was “deputy heads will roll!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

The owner of the flat told the court that the animals were "the love of her life" but that she had "screwed up".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2024

A glitch had screwed up the way YouTube showed subscribers videos, but the company didn’t bother to tell anyone.

From The Verge • Sep. 6, 2022

He asked the two women to skip their morning meetings and “put your heads together” to figure out exactly how he had screwed up and how they could fix it.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2022

A minute was all I could endure because I was beginning to feel how I had screwed up more lives than just my own.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos