Example Sentences

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"I don't feel like I've actually mucked it up by mishitting any shots, which I think everybody can probably agree, you know what I mean? I played so solid."

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2025

These shows are much more vital when the cast stops fighting or toiling in the same drama they’ve been mucked in for years.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025

That’s the way nature designed it and how it worked for thousands of years until humans mucked it up — mostly as we overpopulated California after World War II.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2024

The dark meat wasn’t mucked with much, just the taste of fatty meat with salt, so you get a clean, succulent bite of the best part of the turkey.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2023

“Of course, we all pray that won’t happen. The Zamborskas were pleasant enough, and I enjoyed being here, but this whole assignment has certainly mucked up my plans.”

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg