Example Sentences

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Charlie is a type, too, the prodigal who has screwed up his career and finds himself at square one, executing a rescue mission that only emphasizes his setback.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

"I see Tom 15 minutes in with his head down and he is trudging. I was thinking: He has screwed this up."

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2025

But the story of the disappearing Stories shouldn’t be so easily overlooked, and that’s not just because it’s hardly the first time Instagram has screwed up users’ Stories.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2024

“My generation has screwed up this planet so badly. We’ve had our chance. Time to move on,” she continued.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2023

But Aragon is a little lock-crazy: He has screwed a tiny hasp onto his plastic lunch box and hangs a combination lock there, because of the sodas he’s lost to pilfering officers, he says.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover