Example Sentences

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No one can focus on how the Giants and Jets will screw up their picks in the NFL draft.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

“If this comes out in the press, it will screw me,” said Robinho, who also played for Real Madrid and Manchester City.

From Washington Times • Jun. 15, 2023

In medical devices, things are murkier—in encouraging innovation, the legal standards give a wide berth to people trying to develop technologies, with the understanding that sometimes even people trying their best will screw up.

From Slate • May 26, 2023

You will demand the impossible and you will screw reason.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2023

Then, perhaps, they will screw up their courage to make another assault.'

From Chatterbox, 1905. by Various