How to Use chaos in a Sentence

chaos

noun
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  • When the police arrived, the street was in total chaos.
  • The loss of electricity caused chaos throughout the city.
  • The country had descended into economic chaos.
  • The calm of that warm June evening had quickly turned to chaos.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 28 Mar. 2023
  • In his new role as king, he is left to deal with the chaos his father left behind.
    — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Your command center team is your last line of defense against chaos.
    — Sidharth Ramsinghaney, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Despite the chaos that politics has brought about over the years, the Grammy-winner also called for change.
    — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Both solar and lunar eclipses are incredibly powerful, and often linked to chaos.
    — Aliza Pelto, Women's Health, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Instead, the self feels largely intact, but transported to alternate worlds reconstructed out of the chaos.
    — Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Gillian Stewart said that her friend has a kindergartner who attends Covenant and that the friend described to her the chaos of parents trying to pick up their children.
    — Holly Bailey, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Cora shares with Kayla a fundamental inability to be anyone but herself, as well as a general air of chaos.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2023
  • These institutions are not insured by the FDIC, which could lead to chaos if there is a mass exodus of customers like in 2008.
    — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2023
  • There's the right to protest, but not the right to cause chaos.
    — CBS News, 5 May 2024
  • Amid the chaos, Arlo slips past the adults and walks toward the woods.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The sound of the gunshots sent the crowded area into chaos.
    — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2024
  • In the chorus there is a major shift in the the mood as there is some calm brought to the chaos.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2023
  • But since the Israeli strikes on the police, the chaos had returned.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Again, the red flags were muted by the chaos of the pandemic.
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
  • This trend may be a direct reaction to the chaos of the past few years.
    — Tatjana Freund, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Somehow life keeps going again and again, even in the worst chaos.
    — Dina Gachman Daniel Arnold, New York Times, 25 May 2024
  • So how then, does EWC sort through the chaos of counterfeits?
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 17 May 2024
  • One passenger even claimed their shirt was ripped off in the chaos.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Buckle up for the chaos that is the 2023 second-round fallout.
    — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
  • And then, of course, there’s more chaos and mass destruction.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Laughs ensue about the potential chaos, but the point is made.
    — Stratton Lawrence, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2024
  • The risk that amid the chaos and panic of war, the evidence will be lost or tampered with, is high.
    — Paul P. Murphy, CNN, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The source believes that Melania has a way of keeping her own life on track, even amid the chaos around her.
    — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 13 June 2023
  • The group has been able to take advantage of the conflict's chaos to establish bases in the south of the country.
    — Ahmed Al-Haj and Samy Magdy, ajc, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Just as the trial was about to begin, Fox settled for $787 million, but that didn’t put an end to the chaos.
    — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
  • By circulating a set of visual inspirations to all of the involved parties during pre-production, filmmakers are able to ensure that their project maintains a consistent tone throughout the production chaos that’s bound to follow.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2024

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