How to Use mess around in a Sentence

mess around

verb
  • Tiffany from Bride of Chucky isn't here to mess around.
    Larry Stansbury, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2022
  • The Fever didn’t mess around here and didn’t argue with common sense.
    Evan Frank, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Apr. 2023
  • He’s just had to mess around with a football in the backyard to figure this out.
    Eric Sondheimer columnist follow, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The expansion means that a lot more people can choose to mess around with SGE.
    Jay Peters, The Verge, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The 38-year-old actress clearly isn't messing around, and her toned arms, abs, and legs are here to prove it.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 20 June 2023
  • And, in some cases, his hope was to create open-source tools for others to mess around with.
    Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2023
  • And based on her recent ‘fits, this fashion queen is not messing around.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Glioblastoma Stage 4 cancer is not anything to mess around with.
    BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2021
  • The device also converts to a handheld vacuum to clean small messes around the house or in the car.
    Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 2 July 2023
  • No one is going to mess around with the hawks, with the exception of the incidental eagle that stops by.
    Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Some songs take 30 minutes and some take five different sessions to mess around with.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Kane isn’t just messing around with random scenarios to see all the ways a rogue planet might spell our demise.
    Eric MacK, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Nobody's messing around with the element, that's for sure.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Phlur didn’t mess around with this bright, genderless scent, co-created by one of the top perfumers, Jérome Epinette.
    Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Saturn is serious, wants to create, and doesn’t mess around.
    Narayana Montúfar, Women's Health, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Drew: One of the things that [Charlie and I] loved doing the most was affecting [Emily’s] vocals, messing around with her sound.
    Patrick Lyons, Billboard, 13 Apr. 2023
  • To clean quick messes around the house and car, grab the popular Black and Decker Handheld Vacuum.
    Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2024
  • This double dose of Virgo energy is not something to mess around with.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 5 Sep. 2021
  • New York does not mess around, and almost every mile was lined with people cheering and holding up signs that kept me smiling through the pain.
    Katie Henwood, Vogue, 10 Nov. 2023
  • New players won’t need to mess around with boosted odds, deposit matches, or anything like that.
    cleveland, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Here’s the deal: Iger, who retired in 2020 only to return to the helm nearly three years later when Chapek was forced out (more on that later), doesn’t have much time to mess around.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Jokic messed around and nearly got a triple-double, scoring 34 points while adding in 10 assists and nine rebounds.
    Gabe Zaldivar, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024
  • There’s no need to mess around with boosted odds, bet insurance, or first-deposit matches.
    cleveland, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Green was messing around, but again put the meaning of this season into perspective.
    Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • For those simple dudes that don’t want to mess around with a cabinet full of products, this inexpensive 3-in-1 pick is for you.
    Vanessa Powell, Men's Health, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Players won’t need to mess around with Discord settings while wearing their VR headset.
    Kris Holt, Forbes, 9 June 2022
  • With all the extra features, though, Samsung doesn’t mess around with budget finishes.
    Deanne Revel, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The most compatible couples then have the power to mess around with other matches: break them up at will and send them on dates with other people.
    Vulture, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Ashland senior Patrick Deslauriers did not mess around in the 220-pound division.
    Eamonn Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
  • When central banks in the West behave chaotically, those in developing countries have even less room to mess around.
    Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2021

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