Example Sentences

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Under questioning, Fuhrman then began a methodical account of his movements during the initial investigation-an account designed to show that he couldn't have monkeyed with evidence.

From Time Magazine Archive

I wouldn't have monkeyed around after dark on that perpendicular landscape for twice the money, and I don't believe any of 'em drew more than union rates.

From Shorty McCabe by Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux)

If she was this kind of a boarding-school kid she ought not to have monkeyed with the buzz-saw.

From A Texas Ranger by Raine, William MacLeod