How to Use mess around in a Sentence

mess around

verb
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  • Tiffany from Bride of Chucky isn't here to mess around.
    — Larry Stansbury, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2022
  • As its name suggests, this place doesn’t mess around with the good stuff.
    — Usa Today Network, USA TODAY, 29 July 2024
  • 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
  • The 31-year-old seemed to be messing around on her computer when making the post.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 21 June 2024
  • And based on her recent ‘fits, this fashion queen is not messing around.
    — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 7 Mar. 2023
  • And because Tula doesn’t mess around, the brand put the primer to the test through several subject trials.
    — Maya Gandara, StyleCaster, 4 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • Yes, the two-time champ, No. 1 Bohemian Special (Wiedemann), is not messing around this year.
    — The Enquirer, 21 Mar. 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
  • Luxury Mother's Day gifts aren’t something to mess around with.
    — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 3 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • There might have been a few glasses consumed when the six-person band known as the True Loves started messing around with putting notes on paper for its latest hit.
    — Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
  • Because the gold medal winning women's gymnastics team name is not messing around.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 31 July 2024

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