Example Sentences

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But the board’s most fateful mistake may have been messing around with Lowell High School.

From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2021

His two arguments contradict each other — he couldn't simultaneously have been messing with reporters and making an earnest argument about hand-washing — but in a sense, that's the point.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2020

BBC Trending contacted some of the men who sent the messages - most didn't reply, although one claimed that someone must have been "messing" with his profile.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2015

"They have been messing about for a year and a half now and they have got to make up their minds," said Hill-Wood.

From The Guardian • Jul. 29, 2011

He stopped himself there—his sleepiness must have been messing with his head.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley