How to Use anarchic in a Sentence

anarchic

adjective
  • At the time, the Dead were known to play anarchic sets that would last through the night.
    Saby Reyes-Kulkarni, SPIN, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The first movie was anarchic, and a comedic breath of fresh air in some ways.
    Nick Vadala, Philly.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The score by Hollmann and Kotis lacks the anarchic wit of their work in Urinetown.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2018
  • The effect is slightly anarchic and very pleasing to the eye.
    Fabiana Giacomotti, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2022
  • But the portrait of him as some anarchic arsonist just isn't the case, Williams says.
    Reid Forgrave, Star Tribune, 20 Feb. 2021
  • For one night only, those anarchic texts and sounds were brought to life by dozens of Yale actors.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2024
  • But even when pastry isn’t flying through the air, this quiz is anarchic.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2022
  • The shows were quite punky, in your face, anarchic and pushed the envelope of what was acceptable.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024
  • Yet the film still has a sense of anarchic absurdism, an I-can’t-believe-I-just-saw-that feeling of shock and delight.
    Mark Olsen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2022
  • But the anarchic spin-off marks Harley’s liberation from more than just her crazed-clown beau.
    Mary Sollosi, EW.com, 1 Oct. 2019
  • The first anarchic Broadway kid’s show in a long while, SpongeBob now looks set to soak up some business from Disney.
    Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 13 Dec. 2017
  • The biggest change to this whole arc is the creation of Kathleen, who gives a stronger narrative focal point to the more anarchic Hunters faction in the game.
    Kyle Orland and Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Putin looks out at an anarchic and menacing world in which he is condemned to compete with a stronger China and a stronger U.S.
    Michael Kimmage, The New Republic, 26 Jan. 2021
  • The pavilion’s anarchic din feels as generous and resilient, in its way, as Leigh’s serene and silent sculptures in the U.S. Pavilion.
    Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Meanwhile, all anyone can hear is a mixture of boos and anarchic yelling from the audience.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Instead, public space could stand to be more mixed and amorphous, even a little anarchic.
    Curbed, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Take a friend, your dad, an aunt, your anarchic little twins — one of whom likes drawing, the other throwing punches.
    Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • This was anarchic and fun, a crazily end-to-end game, but its shapelessness ultimately summed up the flaws of both sides.
    Jonathan Wilson, SI.com, 1 Sep. 2019
  • At first, Paik was baffled by Cage and Tudor’s performance, which was noisy and anarchic.
    Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2023
  • In that political climate, a group of anarchic raiders known as the Nihil emerge.
    Jack Francis, Vulture, 5 June 2024
  • Power lines hung in low, anarchic bundles—informal hookups to the grid.
    Alex Cuadros, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020
  • The next step was to figure out how to translate the narrative structure of Last Days into the medium of opera, but still retain its anarchic streak.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2022
  • But even in this anarchic space, rebels here and elsewhere throughout the country are providing some show of statehood.
    Jack Losh, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2018
  • This adaptation of the anarchic stage musical about a world-conquering plant sanded off some of the rough edges and gave it a happy ending that doesn’t fit the rest of the film.
    Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune, 12 Aug. 2020
  • In the end, Belushi should be remembered for performances that were timeless but captured the anarchic spirit of the 1970s, Cutler said.
    Stuart Miller, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2020
  • The absurdist sketch comedy series was out of step with prime time network TV but the anarchic humor stands the test of time … mostly.
    Sean Axmaker, OregonLive.com, 27 Oct. 2017
  • One reason for its longevity is its playful, punky take on the classic British uniform worn by its army of anarchic schoolgirls.
    Liam Hes, Vogue, 14 July 2021
  • The Shiba developers' take on the anarchic campaigns that didn't take hold?
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Roth, like the puppeteer, sublimates his will to control in order to bring about a narrative state that feels anarchic.
    Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
  • But there’s something about the anarchic energy Willem brings.
    Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2019

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