Like a bad breakup

Usage examples of messy.

Dominique Messier, bassist Marc Langis, and percussionist Paul Picard.

Being a Renaissance Soul does not indicate whether you are neat or messy, or whether you promptly file your taxes in early January or procrastinate well past April 15.

The floors had been thoroughly swept, and though faint traces of sawdust were visible in the rafters, on the windowsills, and along the top edges of the tool racks, this place was no typical messy woodshop.

During courses of larva steaks, yeasty bread smeared with spreadnuts, and a messy dessert of his favorite candied splurts, Reynald spoke, and everyone else listened.

In an uncustomary burst of thoughtfulness, Czarina had grown the flowers in her messy greenhouse and placed them in Wa- terfbrd vases in readiness for the grand party tonight.

Trees are a looked-forward-to treat here in Lancaster, too, what few of them there are being entirely imported, punctuating the landscape like domestic help just itching to escape to a better job: dry, scraggy poplars and messy, dandruffy cottonwoods.

Because John Dolittle, no matter how many messy little cans he had placed around the house, knew immediately if a single one were missing.

They used their knives and the globby yellow substance in the jar was soon messy, and full of bits of butter and pastry flakes.

My blue Hermes tie looked sort of aqua on camera, and my hair was a bit messy, but my expression was a lawyerly one of quiet optimism.

White flour flying everywhere, the kitchen looked a great deal messier than when Lexia had entered, but also a great deal more homey.

Besides, the political fallout of such a nepotistic veto would be awfully messy to clean up.

America is convinced that the parties are serious about peacemaking, or that conditions in the region are so hot that they have to be serious about it, then America should don the messy apron of a corner grocer in order to help the parties forge an agreement.

They have millions invested in the work of this messy printmaker, but his current output was flooding the art market.

That on occasion she doubtless has the same messy problems of blackheads, ingrowing toenails and sweaty armpits as the rest of us.

But the regular, day to day tending of the world is a messy business, more like the inspired chaos of a kitchen than the sterile precision of a chartroom, or study.