screwing
- present participle of screw.
Example Sentences
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“The idea was just to say, while doing all this, they’re sort of screwing up stuff for those guys, but ultimately it’s going to become iconic,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
And finally, the courts confirmed what we all knew: Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster are screwing everyone over.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026
Ranking Member Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, said in his opening remarks, “I believe that we are now seeing consolidation that is screwing Americans.”
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026
“You can’t have a career without having stumbles or screwing up — that’s just part of life,” he tells me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
Grace thought it would be nice to not always be the only person in the house who kept screwing up.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
