After the party, we spent all morning cleaning the messes left behind by guests.

She messed up the presentation by deleting the final slides an hour before the meeting.

Messes left by the kids on the living room floor made it impossible to walk through without stepping on toys.

He messes with the thermostat every morning, so the house is always too hot or too cold.

He's messing with the thermostat again, so the apartment is either freezing or boiling.

She messed with the settings on my phone and now my alarm won't go off.

After the long cricket match, the team celebrated with a bowl of Eton mess under the elm tree.

He sold out his ideals for a mess of pottage.

After a long patrol, the troops ate silently in the mess tent.

He polished his medals before putting on his mess dress for the formal dinner.