How to Use anarchy in a Sentence

anarchy

noun

• When the teacher was absent, there was anarchy in the classroom.
• Anarchy reigned in the empire's remote provinces.
• The collapse of Qaddafi’s regime loosed a wave of anarchy.
  — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2019
• The truth is, New York right now could use more anarchy, not less.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020
• Oh the weight, the strain, the cart tipping over, the bags sliding apart and then off the cart into anarchy.
  — Judi Dash, The Denver Post, 9 May 2017
• And he's seen the chivalry of the road give way to selfishness and high-speed anarchy.
  — Fredrick Kunkle, chicagotribune.com, 27 May 2017
• Hong Kong has sometimes looked closer to anarchy than to the rule of law.
  — The Economist, 10 Oct. 2019
• The buoyant anarchy and glee David Yow shared with the crowd came across as a birthing moment of joy.
  — Seth Dodson, Pitchfork, 6 May 2024
• If the referees decide anarchy is the order of the day, the Jazz will end up on top.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
• The style of this jacket suggests anarchy, but the color says, please pass the Grey Poupon.
  — Courtney Shea, The Cut, 27 Mar. 2018
• Condemn the violence, and the looting and, as Woodfin called it, the anarchy.
  — John Archibald | [e-mail], al, 1 June 2020
• The filmmaking, too, wants for a bit of anarchy, or at least some itchy verve.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Oct. 2022
• In May 1958, France was teetering on the edge of anarchy.
  — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2021
• The majority of taxis and car services had taken the night off to avoid anarchy in the streets.
  — Steve Adelman, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2022
• To try to bring about a turnaround, the Trump campaign will continue to press the line that a vote for Biden is a vote for anarchy.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2020
• In Philip’s case, the myth was the good Jewish boy traduced by inner anarchy.
  — Benjamin Taylor, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2020
• Much of the sense of anarchy is down to the Valkyrie's combination of noise and vibration when revved.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 6 Mar. 2023
• Put up with this drug store anarchy and theft, or shut down like Walgreens.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2021
• Brazil would win the game 2-1, but the result of the replay was overshadowed by the anarchy witnessed in the initial tie.
  — SI.com, 12 Feb. 2018
• Somehow that move didn’t save the show from the Gunn/Safran DC property purge anarchy.
  — Vulture, 1 Feb. 2023
• A lot of the things were just about anarchy and counterculture.
  — Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 1 July 2024
• Brat, the album by Charli XCX, was forged in the flames of anarchy and debauchery.
  — Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 16 Aug. 2024
• That state of emergency has since expired, but the anarchy has not.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2022
• Image With Qaddafi gone, the West stood back as anarchy engulfed the country.
  — Dexter Filkins, New York Times, 18 May 2018
• The center has held and mere anarchy is still slouching somewhere off on the horizon.
  — The Hive, 24 Apr. 2017
• But the chaos in U.S. income redistribution is as great as the anarchy in the tax code.
  — John H. Cochrane, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2017
• People seemed to move about the store with no sense of purpose other than to create anarchy.
  — al, 4 Apr. 2022
• Still, Matze is the first to admit that there are rules—this is supposed to be liberty, not anarchy.
  — Arielle Pardes, Wired, 12 Nov. 2020
• He could barely be trusted, but look at the anarchy that took root after his death.
  — Greg Dobbs, The Denver Post, 14 May 2017
• Maybe Phillips was trying to make some sort of a point about how the Joker isn’t one person but a movement, an entity, a spirit of anarchy that spreads like contagion and holds no loyalties.
  — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024