Example Sentences

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One of the asylum seekers says that living in a hotel room 24 hours a day is messing with his mind.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

And this is not the only way in which climate change is messing with the season so many of us love.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 2023

And in Hawaii, passion for chess is messing up the morning routine.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2023

That’s how you can have these things exist in public, yet still be reasonably sure that no one is messing with the record.

From The Verge • Sep. 9, 2021

“You know, Ice is messing around with the wrong dudes,” she said.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers