How to Use mess around in a Sentence

mess around

verb
  • Just with high school and messed around and stuff like that.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The Thunder don’t want to mess around.
    — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • As its name suggests, this place doesn’t mess around with the good stuff.
    — Usa Today Network, USA TODAY, 29 July 2024
  • So Guerin’s not messing around.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2026
  • This woman is not messing around.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Kylian liked messing around, having a laugh and telling jokes — just like the rest of us.
    — Tom Williams, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • Roger would go out and kind of mess around right before the tournament.
    — Patrick McEnroe, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Randall Art likes to mess around sometimes.
    — Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Medina messed around, pulled the trigger and found out that key fact.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The Fever didn’t mess around here and didn’t argue with common sense.
    — Evan Frank, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Could be fun to mess around with alternative world shapes if this is in play.
    — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2026
  • And based on her recent ‘fits, this fashion queen is not messing around.
    — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Crusty on the outside and gooey on the inside, this sandwich doesn't mess around.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • Josh Heupel was on his way to messing around and finding out.
    — Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Apple isn't messing around with this update.
    — PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Check out Samsung brand reviews for more tech reviews that don’t mess around.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 10 June 2025
  • Since adults emerge only to reproduce, these insects don't have time to mess around.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 June 2026
  • No messing around — just wham, bam, thank you, GLAM!
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Glioblastoma Stage 4 cancer is not anything to mess around with.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2021
  • That's why the Red Sox can't mess around with the position this winter.
    — Michael Hurley, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • For wireless performance that doesn’t mess around, this one really earns its price tag.
    — PC Magazine, 3 Dec. 2025
  • For wireless performance that doesn’t mess around, this one really earns its price tag.
    — PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
  • For wireless performance that doesn’t mess around, this one really earns its price tag.
    — PC Magazine, 20 Nov. 2025
  • Some songs take 30 minutes and some take five different sessions to mess around with.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The 31-year-old seemed to be messing around on her computer when making the post.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 21 June 2024
  • 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
  • From waterproof eye makeup to long-wearing lip stains, this cleansing balm doesn’t mess around.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 27 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • Guerin has a history of going straight to his final offer — not messing around.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026

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