How to Use sloppy in a Sentence

sloppy

adjective
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  • Your work has been very sloppy lately.
  • Xavier can't get caught with a sloppy game on the road.
    — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 18 Jan. 2023
  • On the court below him, the well-heeled Heels looked sloppy.
    — Bruce Schoenfeld, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The Celtics had a sloppy start, with six turnovers over the game’s first eight minutes.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Feb. 2023
  • The Huskies started off the game sloppy with two straight turnovers.
    — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 27 Feb. 2022
  • In fact, the Chargers were as sloppy and lethargic as the Ravens were a week ago against the Colts.
    — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 17 Oct. 2021
  • This was painful to watch, and not just the sloppy play with wedges and two water balls.
    — CBS News, 21 May 2022
  • The Chargers were flagged nine times for 79 yards in a game that was sloppy, rules-wise.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The result was nine first-half turnovers and a handful of sloppy plays.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The play fit right in to the sloppy baseball played between these teams over the past two years.
    — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 27 Apr. 2022
  • That’s about all there is to know about how lifeless and sloppy this game was.
    — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2023
  • The Patriots’ one chance may be if the Bills get sloppy with the football.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Some are quite sloppy and others are a bit more stealth.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 3 June 2022
  • Humor tends to wilt through the decades; what was once a bite becomes a sloppy kiss.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Woods made a sloppy bogey at the par-5 eighth, where a poor wedge shot and errant chip led to a 6.
    — Paul Newberry, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Apr. 2022
  • One sloppy play cost them from moving up in the standings.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2023
  • But sloppy play soon spread like a virus, and penalty flags flew throughout the game.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 4 Sep. 2022
  • It’s been a sloppy stretch for the Tide, throwing a few balls away in transition.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The Broncos were sloppy, with 12 penalties and two fumbles on the goal line.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Like, this turnover in the second quarter is just sloppy.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Sitake admitted the technique was sloppy in the secondary late in the game.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
  • At times could be a little sloppy with his drop and set not planting with a firm base.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The Devils played something of a sloppy game with nine penalties and two turnovers.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2021
  • The game was as sloppy as the cold, rainy weather on Cleveland's lakefront.
    — Nate Ulrich, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2021
  • The sloppy play in the rain and a miserable first half left little to cheer except a defense that kept the team in the hunt.
    — John Frank, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
  • In that flat and sloppy and-destroyed-at-home fashion? Whoa.
    — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Neither team was able to break through in a sloppy first half as turnovers were a key issue for both sides.
    — Kyle Foley, Orlando Sentinel, 21 July 2024
  • This one has a plush fabric with a goldilocks fit that will leave him looking cozy, but not sloppy.
    — Christian Gollayan, menshealth.com, 4 May 2023
  • Reid laid out the scenario: If the track is sloppy and the early pace is fast, perhaps this long shot could make some noise.
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2024
  • Dak Prescott and the Cowboys salvaged a win in Pittsburgh a week ago, surviving a sloppy game thanks to a game-winning drive by Prescott.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024

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