diff --git a/pandas/core/missing.py b/pandas/core/missing.py
index 9f4f7445509c9..5b9e37bd54bad 100644
--- a/pandas/core/missing.py
+++ b/pandas/core/missing.py
@@ -211,9 +211,9 @@ def interpolate_1d(
     valid_limit_directions = ["forward", "backward", "both"]
     limit_direction = limit_direction.lower()
     if limit_direction not in valid_limit_directions:
-        msg = "Invalid limit_direction: expecting one of {valid!r}, got {invalid!r}."
         raise ValueError(
-            msg.format(valid=valid_limit_directions, invalid=limit_direction)
+            f"Invalid limit_direction: expecting one of "
+            f"{valid_limit_directions}, got '{limit_direction}'."
         )
 
     if limit_area is not None:
diff --git a/pandas/core/nanops.py b/pandas/core/nanops.py
index 9e436ec4c6c13..77e9f0b44c0cb 100644
--- a/pandas/core/nanops.py
+++ b/pandas/core/nanops.py
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@ def __call__(self, f):
         def _f(*args, **kwargs):
             obj_iter = itertools.chain(args, kwargs.values())
             if any(self.check(obj) for obj in obj_iter):
-                msg = "reduction operation {name!r} not allowed for this dtype"
-                raise TypeError(msg.format(name=f.__name__.replace("nan", "")))
+                f_name = f.__name__.replace("nan", "")
+                raise TypeError(
+                    f"reduction operation '{f_name}' not allowed for this dtype"
+                )
             try:
                 with np.errstate(invalid="ignore"):
                     return f(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/pandas/core/reshape/concat.py b/pandas/core/reshape/concat.py
index 8319db9f07ad8..cea70012b47ea 100644
--- a/pandas/core/reshape/concat.py
+++ b/pandas/core/reshape/concat.py
@@ -507,8 +507,8 @@ def _get_concat_axis(self) -> Index:
                 for i, x in enumerate(self.objs):
                     if not isinstance(x, Series):
                         raise TypeError(
-                            "Cannot concatenate type 'Series' "
-                            "with object of type {type!r}".format(type=type(x).__name__)
+                            f"Cannot concatenate type 'Series' with "
+                            f"object of type '{type(x).__name__}'"
                         )
                     if x.name is not None:
                         names[i] = x.name
diff --git a/pandas/core/reshape/merge.py b/pandas/core/reshape/merge.py
index 726a59ca8e008..0fb029c8429a6 100644
--- a/pandas/core/reshape/merge.py
+++ b/pandas/core/reshape/merge.py
@@ -1197,9 +1197,7 @@ def _validate_specification(self):
                         )
                     )
                 if not common_cols.is_unique:
-                    raise MergeError(
-                        "Data columns not unique: {common!r}".format(common=common_cols)
-                    )
+                    raise MergeError(f"Data columns not unique: {repr(common_cols)}")
                 self.left_on = self.right_on = common_cols
         elif self.on is not None:
             if self.left_on is not None or self.right_on is not None:
diff --git a/pandas/core/reshape/tile.py b/pandas/core/reshape/tile.py
index bfaa49dd576dc..ceb4e3290ff75 100644
--- a/pandas/core/reshape/tile.py
+++ b/pandas/core/reshape/tile.py
@@ -376,9 +376,8 @@ def _bins_to_cuts(
     if len(unique_bins) < len(bins) and len(bins) != 2:
         if duplicates == "raise":
             raise ValueError(
-                "Bin edges must be unique: {bins!r}.\nYou "
-                "can drop duplicate edges by setting "
-                "the 'duplicates' kwarg".format(bins=bins)
+                f"Bin edges must be unique: {repr(bins)}.\n"
+                f"You can drop duplicate edges by setting the 'duplicates' kwarg"
             )
         else:
             bins = unique_bins
diff --git a/pandas/core/strings.py b/pandas/core/strings.py
index 040a28ea2ee8c..d4d8be90402b7 100644
--- a/pandas/core/strings.py
+++ b/pandas/core/strings.py
@@ -1933,8 +1933,8 @@ def _forbid_nonstring_types(func):
         def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
             if self._inferred_dtype not in allowed_types:
                 msg = (
-                    f"Cannot use .str.{func_name} with values of inferred dtype "
-                    f"{repr(self._inferred_dtype)}."
+                    f"Cannot use .str.{func_name} with values of "
+                    f"inferred dtype '{self._inferred_dtype}'."
                 )
                 raise TypeError(msg)
             return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/pandas/io/formats/css.py b/pandas/io/formats/css.py
index cd58ef51d1b65..6bc5f56bb5f7f 100644
--- a/pandas/io/formats/css.py
+++ b/pandas/io/formats/css.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def __call__(self, declarations_str, inherited=None):
 
     def size_to_pt(self, in_val, em_pt=None, conversions=UNIT_RATIOS):
         def _error():
-            warnings.warn("Unhandled size: {val!r}".format(val=in_val), CSSWarning)
+            warnings.warn(f"Unhandled size: {repr(in_val)}", CSSWarning)
             return self.size_to_pt("1!!default", conversions=conversions)
 
         try:
@@ -252,7 +252,6 @@ def parse(self, declarations_str):
                 yield prop, val
             else:
                 warnings.warn(
-                    "Ill-formatted attribute: expected a colon "
-                    "in {decl!r}".format(decl=decl),
+                    f"Ill-formatted attribute: expected a colon in {repr(decl)}",
                     CSSWarning,
                 )
diff --git a/pandas/io/formats/excel.py b/pandas/io/formats/excel.py
index 0413dcf18d04a..5d8573c1341f5 100644
--- a/pandas/io/formats/excel.py
+++ b/pandas/io/formats/excel.py
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ def color_to_excel(self, val):
         try:
             return self.NAMED_COLORS[val]
         except KeyError:
-            warnings.warn("Unhandled color format: {val!r}".format(val=val), CSSWarning)
+            warnings.warn(f"Unhandled color format: {repr(val)}", CSSWarning)
 
     def build_number_format(self, props):
         return {"format_code": props.get("number-format")}
diff --git a/pandas/io/formats/style.py b/pandas/io/formats/style.py
index ebe86a7f535cb..a45045991e879 100644
--- a/pandas/io/formats/style.py
+++ b/pandas/io/formats/style.py
@@ -627,29 +627,25 @@ def _apply(self, func, axis=0, subset=None, **kwargs):
             result = func(data, **kwargs)
             if not isinstance(result, pd.DataFrame):
                 raise TypeError(
-                    "Function {func!r} must return a DataFrame when "
-                    "passed to `Styler.apply` with axis=None".format(func=func)
+                    f"Function {repr(func)} must return a DataFrame when "
+                    f"passed to `Styler.apply` with axis=None"
                 )
             if not (
                 result.index.equals(data.index) and result.columns.equals(data.columns)
             ):
-                msg = (
-                    "Result of {func!r} must have identical index and "
-                    "columns as the input".format(func=func)
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Result of {repr(func)} must have identical "
+                    f"index and columns as the input"
                 )
-                raise ValueError(msg)
 
         result_shape = result.shape
         expected_shape = self.data.loc[subset].shape
         if result_shape != expected_shape:
-            msg = (
-                "Function {func!r} returned the wrong shape.\n"
-                "Result has shape: {res}\n"
-                "Expected shape:   {expect}".format(
-                    func=func, res=result.shape, expect=expected_shape
-                )
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Function {repr(func)} returned the wrong shape.\n"
+                f"Result has shape: {result.shape}\n"
+                f"Expected shape:   {expected_shape}"
             )
-            raise ValueError(msg)
         self._update_ctx(result)
         return self